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phen-fen

phen-fen is the alternative form of fen-phen.

Meaning of fen-phen

Noun

fen-phen (uncountable)

  1. (dated) A combination of the drugs fenfluramine and phentermine, formerly prescribed for weight loss.
    • It is hard to recall the last time a drug so excited the general public. Fen-phen in the 1990s, maybe? Viagra or Botox in the 2000s? Each had amazing hype cycles but none as explosive as Ozempic.2023 October 9, Tressie McMillan Cottom, “Ozempic Can’t Fix What Our Culture Has Broken”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about phen-fen

What is phen-fen the alternative form of?
Phen-fen is the alternative form of fen-phen.

Words near phen-fen in the dictionary

  1. pHEMA
  2. Pheme
  3. Phemie
  4. Phemy
  5. phen-
  6. phen-fen
  7. phen/fen
  8. phenacaine
  9. phenacemide
  10. phenacene
  11. phenacenes

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