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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
pentazocine
 
SYLLABICATION:pen·taz·o·cine
PRONUNCIATION:  pn-tz-sn
NOUN: A synthetic narcotic drug, C19H27NO, used as an analgesic, often in place of morphine.
ETYMOLOGY: pent(a)– + az(o)– + oc(t)– + –ine2.
 
 
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