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dexfenfluramine

dexfenfluramine noun: a serotonergic anorectic drug used for weight loss in the 1990s, later withdrawn because of cardiovascular side-effects.

Noun

dexfenfluramine (uncountable)

  1. A serotonergic anorectic drug used for weight loss in the 1990s, later withdrawn because of cardiovascular side-effects.

Origin of dexfenfluramine

From dex- + fenfluramine.

Questions about dexfenfluramine

What does dexfenfluramine mean?
Dexfenfluramine means a serotonergic anorectic drug used for weight loss in the 1990s, later withdrawn because of cardiovascular side-effects.
What part of speech is dexfenfluramine?
Dexfenfluramine is a noun.

Words near dexfenfluramine in the dictionary

  1. dexel
  2. dexelvucitabine
  3. dexes
  4. dexetimide
  5. DExEU
  6. dexfenfluramine
  7. Dexheimer
  8. Dexheimers
  9. dexibuprofen
  10. dexie
  11. dexies

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