carfentanil
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Etymology edit
From car(boxylate) + -fentanil (“opioid receptor agonist, analgesic”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɑːˈfɛn.tə.nɪl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɑɹˈfɛn.təˌnɪl/
Noun edit
carfentanil (uncountable)
- (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.
- 2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 292:
- 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.
Synonyms edit
- 4-carbomethoxyfentanyl
- (trade name) Wildnil
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Noun edit
carfentanil m (uncountable)