Meperidine Definition

mə-pĕrĭ-dēn
noun
A synthetic, bitter-tasting, crystalline narcotic, C15H21NO2, used as a sedative and analgesic.
Webster's New World

(pharmacology) The opioid analgesic drug pethidine (INN).

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • demerol
  • meperidine hydrochloride

Origin of Meperidine

  • me(thyl) (pi)peridine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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