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meperidine

[ muh-per-i-deen, -din ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a narcotic compound, C 1 5 H 2 1 NO 2 , used as an analgesic and sedative.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of meperidine1

First recorded in 1945–50; me(thyl) + (pi)peridine

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