dimemorfan

D2I1M3E1M3O1R1F4A1N1

noun

A particular narcotic antitussive.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

noundimemorfan (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA particular narcotic antitussive.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
  8. Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
  9. Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  11. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  12. GermanMethy
  13. Englishmethyl
  14. Englishdime(thyl)
  15. Englishmorph(in)an
  16. Englishdimemorfan

From dime(thyl) + morph(in)an.

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