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/kɑːˈfɛn.tə.nɪl/ · noun
(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A narcotic painkiller that is four orders of magnitude more potent than morphine, used for tranquilizing large animals and abused as a recreational drug..
He’d been hearing rumours lately of carfentanil in the supply line, which terrified him: one hundred times stronger than fentanyl, approved for the sole purpose of tranquilizing elephants.
Use carfentanil when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Carfentanil means (organic chemistry, pharmacology) A narcotic painkiller that is four orders of magnitude more potent than morphine, used for tranquilizing large animals and abused as a recreational drug..
Common synonyms include 4-carbomethoxyfentanyl, Wildnil, super fent, carfent.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He’d been hearing rumours lately of carfentanil in the supply line, which terrified him: one hundred times stronger than fentanyl, approved for the sole purpose of tranquilizing elephants.
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