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- Latinsulpur
- Latinsulfur
- Latinsulphur
- Anglo-Normansulfre
- Middle Englishsulphur
- Englishsu(lfur)
- English todaysufentanil
From su(lfur) + -fentanil (“opioid receptor agonist, analgesic”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sufentanil
Today it means: An opioid analgesic that is administered intravenously in the form of its citrate C₂₂H₃₀N₂O₂S·C₆H₈O₇ as an anesthetic or an anesthetic adjuvant. Full definition →
English su(lfur) ← Middle English sulphur ← Anglo-Norman sulfre