FENTANYL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fentanyl mean? 

• FENTANYL (noun)
  The noun FENTANYL has 1 sense:

1. trade names of a narcotic analgesic that can be inhaled and that acts on the central nervous system and may become addictive; used as a veterinary anesthetic and with other drugs before, during, and after surgery; also used as a nonlethal gas to incapacitate people in hostage situations; also abused as a recreational drug

  Familiarity information: FENTANYL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FENTANYL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Trade names of a narcotic analgesic that can be inhaled and that acts on the central nervous system and may become addictive; used as a veterinary anesthetic and with other drugs before, during, and after surgery; also used as a nonlethal gas to incapacitate people in hostage situations; also abused as a recreational drug

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Fentanyl; Sublimaze

Hypernyms ("Fentanyl" is a kind of...):

analgesic; anodyne; pain pill; painkiller (a medicine used to relieve pain)

opiate (a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative)

 Context examples 

A tablet formulation containing the citrate salt of the synthetic anilidopiperidine opiate fentanyl with analgesic activity.

(Fentanyl Citrate Buccal Tablet, NCI Thesaurus)

A transdermal formulation containing the synthetic phenylpiperidine opioid agonist fentanyl, with analgesic activity.

(Fentanyl Matrix Transdermal Patch, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of fentanyl, a synthetic, lipophilic phenylpiperidine opioid agonist with analgesic and anesthetic properties.

(Fentanyl Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Due to its quick onset and short duration of action, the administration of fentanyl sublingual spray may relief breakthrough pain.

(Fentanyl Citrate Pectin-Based Nasal Spray, NCI Thesaurus)

Fentanyl exerts its analgesic effect by selectively binding to the mu-opioid receptor in the central nervous system (CNS), thereby mimicking the effects of endogenous opiates.

(Fentanyl citrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Fentanyl is a type of opioid analgesic.

(Fentanyl sublingual spray, NCI Dictionary)

Fentanyl selectively binds to the mu-receptor in the central nervous system (CNS) thereby mimicking the effects of endogenous opiates.

(Fentanyl, NCI Thesaurus)

A transmucosal formulation consisting of a small, mucoadhesive, bioerodible polymer disc formulated with the citrate salt of fentanyl, a synthetic anilidopiperidine opioid with analgesic activity.

(Fentanyl Buccal Soluble Film, NCI Thesaurus)

Fentanyl citrate binds to opioid receptors in the central nervous system.

(Fentanyl citrate, NCI Dictionary)

Due to its quick onset and short duration of action, the administration of fentanyl nasal spray may relieve breakthrough pain in adults already receiving maintenance opioid therapy for chronic pain.

(Fentanyl Citrate-containing Nasal Spray, NCI Thesaurus)