meperidine Hear it!

meperidine definition

me·peri·dine (mə per′ə dēn′)

noun

a synthetic, bitter-tasting, crystalline narcotic, CHNO, used as a sedative and analgesic

Etymology: me(thyl) + (pi)peridine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.