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n. A synthetic opioid antagonist, C20H23NO4, used in its hydrochloride form to treat addiction to alcohol and to opioid drugs such as heroin.
[Blend of NALOXONE and tre- (probably alteration of TRI-, from the three carbon atoms of the propyl group that distinguishes it from naloxone, of which it is a congener).]