fen-phen

/fɛnfɛn/

noun

A combination of the drugs fenfluramine and phentermine, formerly prescribed for weight loss.

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Meanings

nounfen-phen (uncountable)

alternative phen-fen · alternative fen/phen · alternative phen/fen

  1. dateduncountablemedicineA combination of the drugs fenfluramine and phentermine, formerly prescribed for weight loss.

    It is hard to recall the last time a drug so excited the general public. Fen-phen in the 1990s, maybe? Viagra or Botox in the 2000s? Each had amazing hype cycles but none as explosive as Ozempic.

    2023 October 9, Tressie McMillan Cottom, “Ozempic Can’t Fix What Our Culture Has Broken”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

    Synonyms: fenfluramine-phentermine, phentermine-fenfluramine, fenfluramine/phentermine, phentermine/fenfluramine

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA combination of the drugs fenfluramine and phentermine, formerly prescribed for weight loss.

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fenfluramine-phenterminephentermine-fenfluraminefenfluramine/phenterminephentermine/fenfluramine
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fenfluramine-phenterminefenfluramine/phenterminephentermine-fenfluraminephentermine/fenfluramine

Origin

Blend of fenfluramine + phentermine, from the initial syllables of the two drugs.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fen-phen

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Cite this entry
APA

fen-phen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fen-phen

MLA

“fen-phen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fen-phen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fen-phen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fen-phen.

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