Oxymorphone


[ok-si-mawr-fohn] /ˌɒk sɪˈmɔr foʊn/

noun, Pharmacology.
1.
a potent semisynthetic morphine-derived narcotic analgesic, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 4 , used as a substitute for morphine.

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