meperidinen.
/mɛˈpɛrᵻdiːn/, /mɛˈpɛrᵻdɪn/, U.S. /məˈpɛrəˌdin/, /məˈpɛrəd(ə)n/ Pharmacology. Chiefly U.S.
= pethidine n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [noun] > other analgesics
Hoffmann's anodyne1747
acetylsalicylic acid1873
acetophenetidin1888
exalgin1889
pyramidon1898
aspirin1899
phenazone1899
Veganin1926
Trilene1935
Demerol1940
pethidine1942
Tridione1944
amidone1946
meperidine1947
methadone1947
Physeptone1947
Butazolidin1951
phenylbutazone1952
opioid1955
Panadol1955
propoxyphene1955
Tylenol1956
acetaminophen1957
paracetamol1957
Distalgesic1958
oxycodone1958
Sernyl1958
morphinomimetic1959
phencyclidine1959
levorphanol1960
mefenamic acid1962
pentazocine1964
Talwin1965
ibuprofen1967
nalbuphine1969
naproxen1971
phy1971
Nurofen1982
1947 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 25 Jan. 243/2 In this country only 1 case of spontaneous addiction to meperidine hydrochloride is reported.
1962 J. H. Burn Drugs, Med. & Man x. 104 The disadvantage can however be countered by choosing one of the substitutes for morphine which have been made in the laboratory in the last twenty years. The first of these was meperidine (in Britain called pethidine).
1986 C. W. Thornber in C. A. Heaton Chem. Industry iv. 177 Loperamide..and diphenoxylate..are structurally related to the narcotic analgesic, meperidine.
1997 B. Wagner I'm losing You (1998) 28 She'd be the first to sight Raccoon Cove,..its mossy harbor flecked with sodden offerings: crumbcakes, sheepskin shag and tiny buoys of meperidine ampullae.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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