phenmetrazine
American
[fen-me-truh-zeen]
/ fɛnˈmɛ trəˌzin /
noun
Pharmacology.
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a compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO, used chiefly to control the appetite in the treatment of obesity.
Etymology
Origin of phenmetrazine
First recorded in 1955–60; phen(yl) + me(thyl) + (te)tra- + (oxa)zine
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