naltrexone


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
naltrexone /nalˈtrɛksəʊn/
noun Medicine a synthetic drug which blocks opiate receptors in the nervous system and is used in the treatment of heroin addiction.
– origin 1970s: from a contr. of naloxone, with the insertion of the arbitrary element -trex-.
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