Preludinn.
/prᵻˈl(j)uːdɪn/, U.S. /prəˈlud(ə)n/ Pharmacology.
A proprietary name for: the drug phenmetrazine.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicines used to affect nutrition > [noun] > appetite suppressants
Preludin1954
phenmetrazine1956
anorectic1957
anorexiant1957
appetite suppressant1958
anoretic1961
phentermine1961
fenfluramine1964
fen-phen1993
phen-fen1994
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > stimulant > of central nervous system
benzedrine1933
amphetamine1938
Methedrine1939
Dexedrine1942
dexamphetamine1949
dextro-amphetamine1949
methamphetamine1949
Ritalin1949
Preludin1954
pipradrol1955
pemoline1961
fenfluramine1964
1954 Trade Marks Jrnl. 17 Mar. 270/1 Preludin... Albert Boehringer, [et al.].., trading as C. H. Boehringer Sohn, Ingelheim am Rhein.., Germany.
1957 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Jan. 30/2 ‘Preludin’, a new drug for controlling the appetite, is, I believe, gaining popularity among those who..try to slim. It was discovered in 1953 and first marketed in Germany in 1954.
1976 D. Hare Teeth 'n' Smiles i. 20 Anson: Is that heroin? Peyote: Preludin. Anson: Ah. Preludin is a fuck-pump... It enlarges your sexual capacity.
1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 54 She swallows pills: Preludin, 25; Miltown, 10; Librium, 25; Codeine, whatever.
2003 D. Gaines Misfit's Manifesto ii. 23 Time-released Eskatrol Spansules lasted longest, over twelve hours if boosted with Preludin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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