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pethidines

pethidines is the plural of pethidine.

Meaning of pethidine

Noun

pethidine (countable and uncountable, plural pethidines)

  1. A synthetic compound used as a painkilling drug, especially for women in labor.
    • Inside was a clutter of prescription pads and a carton containing a collection of diamorphine syrettes and a dozen ampoules of pethidine.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 125

Questions about pethidines

What is pethidines the plural of?
Pethidines is the plural of pethidine.

Words near pethidines in the dictionary

  1. pether
  2. Petherick
  3. pethers
  4. Pethick
  5. pethidine
  6. pethidines
  7. pethood
  8. pethoxamide
  9. Peths
  10. Pethtel
  11. Pethtels

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