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carfentanil

UK/kɑːˈfɛn.tə.nɪl/US/kɑɹˈfɛn.təˌnɪl/

carfentanil noun: a narcotic painkiller that is four orders of magnitude more potent than morphine, used for tranquilizing large animals and abused as a recreational drug.

Noun

carfentanil (uncountable)

  1. A narcotic painkiller that is four orders of magnitude more potent than morphine, used for tranquilizing large animals and abused as a recreational drug.
    • He’d been hearing rumours lately of carfentanil in the supply line, which terrified him: one hundred times stronger than fentanyl, approved for the sole purpose of tranquilizing elephants.2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 292
    Synonyms:
    4-carbomethoxyfentanyl, Wildnil, super fent, carfent

Synonyms of carfentanil

Forms of carfentanil

alternative formcarfentanyl

Origin of carfentanil

From car(boxylate) + -fentanil (“opioid receptor agonist, analgesic”).

Questions about carfentanil

What does carfentanil mean?
Carfentanil means a narcotic painkiller that is four orders of magnitude more potent than morphine, used for tranquilizing large animals and abused as a recreational drug.
What part of speech is carfentanil?
Carfentanil is a noun.
How do you pronounce carfentanil?
Carfentanil is pronounced /kɑːˈfɛn.tə.nɪl/ (UK).

Words near carfentanil in the dictionary

  1. carfares
  2. carfax
  3. carfaxes
  4. carfecillin
  5. carfenazine
  6. carfentanil
  7. carfentanyl
  8. carfentrazone
  9. carfie
  10. carfies
  11. carfilzomib

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