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ractopamine

ractopamine noun: a drug used as a feed additive to promote leanness in pigs raised for their meat.

Noun

ractopamine (uncountable)

  1. A drug used as a feed additive to promote leanness in pigs raised for their meat.

Origin of ractopamine

From [Term?] + -opamine (“dopaminergic agent, dopamine derivative”).

Questions about ractopamine

What does ractopamine mean?
Ractopamine means a drug used as a feed additive to promote leanness in pigs raised for their meat.
What part of speech is ractopamine?
Ractopamine is a noun.

Words near ractopamine in the dictionary

  1. racquetlike
  2. racquets
  3. RACs
  4. Racster
  5. RACT
  6. ractopamine
  7. RACV
  8. RACWA
  9. racy
  10. racy of one's soil
  11. racy of the soil

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