fentanyl

[ fen-tuh-nil ]
nounPharmacology.

  1. a synthetic, short-acting narcotic analgesic and sedative, C22H28N2O, used pharmacologically in anesthesia and neuroleptanalgesia, and also as an illicit drug: Medics quickly administered fentanyl to the injured soldiers.Drug dealers are lacing heroin with fentanyl.

Origin of fentanyl

1
First recorded in 1960–65; contraction and respelling of the chemical name N-(1-phenethyl-4-piperidyl)propionanilide

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British Dictionary definitions for fentanyl

fentanyl

/ (ˈfɛntəˌnaɪl) /

noun

  1. a narcotic drug used in medicine to relieve pain

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