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oxymorphone

oxymorphone noun: a particular narcotic painkiller.

Noun

oxymorphone (uncountable)

  1. A particular narcotic painkiller.

Origin of oxymorphone

From (hydr)oxy + (dihydro)morph(ine) + -one.

Words formed from oxymorphone

Questions about oxymorphone

What does oxymorphone mean?
Oxymorphone means a particular narcotic painkiller.
What part of speech is oxymorphone?
Oxymorphone is a noun.

Words near oxymorphone in the dictionary

  1. oxymoronicity
  2. oxymoronicness
  3. oxymorons
  4. oxymorous
  5. oxymorphine
  6. oxymorphone
  7. oxymuriate
  8. oxymuriatic
  9. oxymuriatic acid
  10. oxymyoglobin
  11. oxymyoglobins

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