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dextrorphan

dextrorphan noun: a psychoactive morphinan drug that acts as an antitussive and dissociative hallucinogen.

Noun

dextrorphan (uncountable)

  1. A psychoactive morphinan drug that acts as an antitussive and dissociative hallucinogen.

Origin of dextrorphan

From dextro- + -orphan (“morphinan derivate”).

Questions about dextrorphan

What does dextrorphan mean?
Dextrorphan means a psychoactive morphinan drug that acts as an antitussive and dissociative hallucinogen.
What part of speech is dextrorphan?
Dextrorphan is a noun.

Words near dextrorphan in the dictionary

  1. dextrorotary
  2. dextrorotatary
  3. dextrorotation
  4. dextrorotations
  5. dextrorotatory
  6. dextrorphan
  7. dextrorphanol
  8. dextrorsal
  9. dextrorse
  10. dextrorsely
  11. dextroscoliosis

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