Etymology

carfentanil

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Today it means: A narcotic painkiller that is four orders of magnitude more potent than morphine, used for tranquilizing large animals and abused as a recreational drug. Full definition →

English car(boxylate)
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  1. Englishcarboxylic acid
  2. Englishcar(boxylate)
  3. English todaycarfentanil

From car(boxylate) + -fentanil (“opioid receptor agonist, analgesic”).

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