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- humorousinformalmildlyuncountablemedicineThe antifungal medication amphotericin B, known for its severe and potentially lethal side effects.
A few days later he was in the ICU candida growing out of everywhere. If it hadn' been for amphoterrible, he'd have been a dead duck.
1999 October 1, Steven B. Harris, “Re: Flu Shot Time Again”, in misc.health.alternative (Usenet)1 more example
Dr. Cheng said, “I want you to just nod or shake your head. If I can't understand you, we'll go to Fiona, alright? I want to know if I have your okay to take you off the pentam and the amphoterrible. That means we'd be officially starting hospice. And I want you on morphine.”
2018, Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers, Viking Press, →ISBN
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amphoterrible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amphoterrible
“amphoterrible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amphoterrible. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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