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Narcan

Narcan proper noun: a marketed variety of naloxone.

Proper noun

Narcan

  1. A marketed variety of naloxone.
    • Administering Narcan has nothing to do with getting an addict clean and sober. It has everything to do with saving a life in a given emergency.2012, Peter L. Beilenson, Patrick A. McGuire, Tapping into The Wire, JHU Press, →ISBN
    • Neffy uses the same spray device as Narcan, the naloxone nasal spray for opioid overdose, according to a spokesperson for its maker, ARS Pharmaceuticals.2024 August 9, Meg Tirrell, “First nasal spray epinephrine drug for emergency allergic reactions gets FDA approval”, in CNN

Verb

Narcan (third-person singular simple present Narcans, present participle Narcanning, simple past and past participle Narcanned)

  1. (informal, transitive) To administer Narcan to a person who is overdosing.

Forms of Narcan

third-person singular presentNarcans
present participleNarcanning
past participleNarcanned
pastNarcanned

Questions about Narcan

What does Narcan mean?
Narcan means a marketed variety of naloxone.
What part of speech is Narcan?
Narcan can be a proper noun or a verb.

Words near Narcan in the dictionary

  1. Narbonne
  2. Narborough
  3. Narby
  4. Narbys
  5. narc
  6. Narcan
  7. Narcanned
  8. Narcanning
  9. Narcans
  10. narced
  11. narceen

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