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dihydromorphine

/daɪˌhaɪdɹə(ʊ)ˈmɔː(ɹ)fiːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-hy-dro-mor-phine
IPA
/daɪˌhaɪdɹə(ʊ)ˈmɔː(ɹ)fiːn/
30
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A particular narcotic painkiller.

Uncountable

Etymology

From di- + hydro- + morphine.

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /daɪˌhaɪdɹə(ʊ)ˈmɔː(ɹ)fiːn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

dihydromorphines (plural)

Derived Forms

hydromorphone oxymorphone

Questions

How do you pronounce dihydromorphine?
The recorded pronunciation is /daɪˌhaɪdɹə(ʊ)ˈmɔː(ɹ)fiːn/.
What does dihydromorphine mean?
A particular narcotic painkiller.
Where does dihydromorphine come from?
From di- + hydro- + morphine.

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