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dextropropoxyphene

dextropropoxyphene noun: a particular narcotic painkiller.

Noun

dextropropoxyphene (uncountable)

  1. A particular narcotic painkiller.

Origin of dextropropoxyphene

From dextro- + propoxyphene.

Questions about dextropropoxyphene

What does dextropropoxyphene mean?
Dextropropoxyphene means a particular narcotic painkiller.
What part of speech is dextropropoxyphene?
Dextropropoxyphene is a noun.

Words near dextropropoxyphene in the dictionary

  1. dextromoramide
  2. dextronic acid
  3. dextrophobia
  4. dextroposition
  5. dextropositions
  6. dextropropoxyphene
  7. dextrorotary
  8. dextrorotatary
  9. dextrorotation
  10. dextrorotations
  11. dextrorotatory

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