Meperidine: Key Terms
- ANALGESIC:
- A type of drug that alleviates pain without loss of consciousness.
- MORPHINE:
- The primary alkaloid chemical in opium, used as a drug to treat severe acute and chronic pain.
- NEUROTRANSMITTER:
- A substance released by one nerve cell that activates or inhibits a neighboring nerve cell.
- OPIATE:
- Drug derived directly from opium and used in.....
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