PETHIDINE


Meaning of PETHIDINE in English

[ 'pɛθɪdi:n ]

■ noun Medicine a synthetic compound used as a painkiller, especially for women in labour.

Origin

1940s: from p(iper)idine (from which the drug is derived), with the insertion of eth(yl) .

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