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hydromorphone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.98 in modern English

Syllables
hy-dro-mor-phone
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A synthetic narcotic analgesic, (4,5 alpha-epoxy-3-hydroxy-17-methyl morphinan-6-one), similar to morphine and heroin. It is used for moderate to severe pain under the trade name Dilaudid.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English (di)hydromorph(ine) German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English hydromorphone From (di)hydromorph(ine) + -one.

Usage

Inflected Forms

dihydromorphinone (alternative) dimorphone (alternative)

Synonyms

hydromorphone hydrochloride dilaudid

Questions

What does hydromorphone mean?
A synthetic narcotic analgesic, (4,5 alpha-epoxy-3-hydroxy-17-methyl morphinan-6-one), similar to morphine and heroin. It is used for moderate to severe pain under the trade name Dilaudid.
Where does hydromorphone come from?
Etymology tree English (di)hydromorph(ine) German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English hydromorphone From (di)hydromorph(ine) + -one.

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