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Word: Naltrexone
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1970s: from a contraction of N-al(lylnoroxymorph)one (see naloxone), with the insertion of the arbitrary element -trex-
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
nalˈtrɛksəʊn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a synthetic drug, similar to morphine, which blocks opiate receptors in the nervous system and is used chiefly in the treatment of heroin addiction.
Short Definition:synthetic drug, similar to morphine, which blocks opiate receptors in nervous system
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