naloxone hydrochloride

Variant of naloxone

naloxone definition

☆ nal·ox·one (nal′ək sōn′)

noun

a white, crystalline, nonaddictive, synthetic drug, CHNO·HCl, used to counteract the effects of narcotic overdoses
in full naloxone hydrochloride

Etymology: < N-al(lylnor)ox(ymorph)one

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