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hydromorphone

hydromorphone noun: a synthetic narcotic analgesic, (4,5 alpha-epoxy-3-hydroxy-17-methyl morphinan-6-one), similar to morphine and heroin. It is used for moderate to severe pain under the trade name Dilaudid.

Noun

hydromorphone (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic narcotic analgesic, (4,5 alpha-epoxy-3-hydroxy-17-methyl morphinan-6-one), similar to morphine and heroin. It is used for moderate to severe pain under the trade name Dilaudid.
    • She hadnʼt needed regular doses of hydromorphone in a month.2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 200
    • I had what seemed an unlimited prescription of the almighty hydromorphone. Even the sound of the name of the pill felt like its strength, like some water monster, or like some kind of supernatural disaster.2024, Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars, Harvill Secker, page 167

Forms of hydromorphone

alternative formdihydromorphinone
alternative formdimorphone

Origin of hydromorphone

From (di)hydromorph(ine) + -one.

Questions about hydromorphone

What does hydromorphone mean?
Hydromorphone means a synthetic narcotic analgesic, (4,5 alpha-epoxy-3-hydroxy-17-methyl morphinan-6-one), similar to morphine and heroin. It is used for moderate to severe pain under the trade name Dilaudid.
What part of speech is hydromorphone?
Hydromorphone is a noun.

Words near hydromorphone in the dictionary

  1. hydromorphism
  2. hydromorphologic
  3. hydromorphological
  4. hydromorphologically
  5. hydromorphology
  6. hydromorphone
  7. hydromorphy
  8. hydromotor
  9. hydromotors
  10. hydroms
  11. hydromulching

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