Hydromorphone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hydromorphone is a noun meaning (pharmacology) 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.
Meaning
(pharmacology) 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.
Example Sentences
She hadnʼt needed regular doses of hydromorphone in a month.
I had what seemed an unlimited prescription of the almighty hydromorphone. Even the sound of the name of the pill felt like its strength, like some water monster, or like some kind of supernatural disaster.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hydromorphinol, dihydromorphinone, dihydromorphine, dimorphone, hydromorphine, diacetyldihydromorphine.
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