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phentermine

phentermine noun: an appetite suppressant of the amphetamine and phenethylamine classes.

Noun

phentermine (uncountable)

  1. An appetite suppressant of the amphetamine and phenethylamine classes.
    • I took the phentermine pills and started quietly obsessing about losing weight again.2010, Jillian Lauren, Some Girls, page 231

Origin of phentermine

Contraction of phenyl-tertiary-butylamine.

Words formed from phentermine

Questions about phentermine

What does phentermine mean?
Phentermine means an appetite suppressant of the amphetamine and phenethylamine classes.
What part of speech is phentermine?
Phentermine is a noun.

Words near phentermine in the dictionary

  1. phenpromethamine
  2. phenpropionate
  3. phenpropionates
  4. phenserine
  5. phensuximide
  6. phentermine
  7. phentermine-fenfluramine
  8. phentermine/fenfluramine
  9. phenthoate
  10. phentolamine
  11. phentolamines

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