fenfluraminehydrochloride

fen·flu·ra·mine hydrochloride (fĕn-flo͝orʹə-mēn') n.

A drug that suppresses appetite by altering brain levels of serotonin, formerly used in the management of obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potentially dangerous side effects.

  [Shortening and rearrangement of chemical name (tri)flu(o)r(omethyl)phen(ethyl)amine.]

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