oxycodone

English

Chemical structure of oxycodone

Etymology

From (hydr)oxy +‎ cod(eine) +‎ -one.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɒk.sɪˈkəʊ.dəʊn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɑk.sɪˈkoʊˌdoʊn/

Noun

oxycodone (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) An addictive, semisynthetic opioid (trademark OxyContin) that is similar to morphine in effect and structure; C₁₈H₂₁NO₄.

   Synonym: (slang) hillbilly heroin

   • 2013 June 4, Dwight Garner, “A Literary Mind, Under the Spell of Drugs and a MacBook”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     They ingest Ambien, Seroquel, LSD, Adderall, Oxycodone, cocaine, Flexeril, Percocet, psilocybin mushrooms and codeine.

Translations

powerful opioid analgesic

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氧可酮 (yǎngkětóng), 羥考酮／羟考酮 (qiǎngkǎotóng)

• Finnish: oksikodoni (fi)
• French: oxycodone (fr)
• Greek: οξυκωδόνη (el) f (oxykodóni)
• Hungarian: oxikodon
• Turkish: oksikodon

References

• “oxycodone”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “oxycodone”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.