oxycodone

oxycodone

English

Chemical structure of oxycodone

Etymology

From (hydr)oxy +‎ cod(eine) +‎ -one.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɒk.sɪˈkəʊ.dəʊn/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɑk.sɪˈkoʊˌdoʊn/

Noun

oxycodone (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A synthetic analgesic drug (trademark OxyContin) that is similar to morphine in its effects.

Translations

powerful opioid analgesic

Chinese: Mandarin: 氧可酮 (yǎngkětóng), 羥考酮／羟考酮 (qiǎngkǎotóng) Finnish: oksikodoni (fi) French: oxycodone (fr) Hungarian: oxikodon Turkish: oksikodon

References

• “oxycodone”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “oxycodone”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary