Meanings
nounphenazocine (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineA particular narcotic painkiller.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
- Ancient Greekφαίνω (phaínō)
- Frenchphéno-
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Frenchphényle
- Englishphenyl
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
- Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
- Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
- Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
- Latinaethēr
- GermanÄther
- GermanEther
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- GermanEthy
- Englishethyl
- Englishphen(ylethyl)
- Englishphenazocine
From phen(ylethyl) + -azocine (“narcotic antagonist/agonist”).
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APA
phenazocine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenazocine
MLA
“phenazocine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenazocine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phenazocine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phenazocine.
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