levorphanol

[ luh-vawr-fuh-nawl, -nol ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a potent synthetic narcotic analgesic, C21H29NO7, as the tartrate, used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain.

Origin of levorphanol

1
lev- + (methylm)orph(in)an a chemical component + -ol1

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