dihydromorphine
Noun
Meaning
dihydromorphine (usually uncountable, plural dihydromorphines)
(pharmacology) A particular narcotic painkiller.
Examples
This name is analogous to other products the company introduced or otherwise marketed: Dilaudid (hydromorphone, 1926), Dinarkon (oxycodone, 1917), Dihydrin (dihydrocodeine, 1911), and Dimorphan ( dihydromorphine ).
Paramorfan is the trade name of dihydromorphine from another manufacturer, as is Paracodin, for dihydrocodeine.