fentanyl
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tə noun Pharmacology.
a synthetic, short-acting narcotic analgesic and sedative, C 28 H 36 N 2 O 8 , used in combination with other drugs in anesthesia and in neuroleptanalgesia.
Origin:
contraction and respelling of the chemical name
contraction and respelling of the chemical name
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| —n | |
| a narcotic drug used in medicine to relieve pain | |
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fentanyl fen·ta·nyl (fěn'tə-nĭl)
n.
A narcotic analgesic used in combination with other drugs before, during, or following surgery.
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fentanyl
-(1-phenethyl-4-piperidyl)propionanilide, synthetic narcotic analgesic drug, the most potent narcotic in clinical use (50 to 100 times more potent than morphine). The citrate salt, fentanyl citrate, is administered by injection, either intramuscularly or intravenously, sometimes in combination with a potent tranquillizer. The duration of its pain-relieving action is short
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Opiate pain relievers, such as morphine or fentanyl, may be needed to control severe pain.
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