phenmetrazine

[ fen-me-truh-zeen ]
/ fɛnˈmɛ trəˌzin /

noun Pharmacology.

a compound, C11H15NO, used chiefly to control the appetite in the treatment of obesity.

Origin of phenmetrazine

First recorded in 1955–60; phen(yl) + me(thyl) + (te)tra- + (oxa)zine

Words nearby phenmetrazine

phenformin, phenic acid, phenicia, phenix, phenix city, phenmetrazine, pheno-, phenobarbital, phenobarbitone, phenocopy, phenocryst