propoxyphene hydrochloride

1. 1.

   a mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon) related to methadone but less addictive

   SynonymspropoxypheneDarvon

   Broaderanalgesic

   trade name

Questions about propoxyphene hydrochloride

What does propoxyphene hydrochloride mean?

propoxyphene hydrochloride means "a mildly narcotic analgesic drug (trade name Darvon) related to methadone but less addictive".

What is another word for propoxyphene hydrochloride?

Close synonyms include propoxyphene, Darvon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is propoxyphene hydrochloride a common word?

propoxyphene hydrochloride is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.