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pentazocine definition

☆ pen·ta·zo·cine (pen′tə zō′sēn′, -sin)

noun

a pain-killing, synthetic drug derived from coal tar: used in place of morphine because it is less addictive

Etymology: penta- + (a)z(o)- + -ocine, suffix for an 8-membered ring < L oc(to), eight + -ine

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