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Semisynthetic

adjective
1.
Not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially.  Synonyms: man-made, synthetic.  "Synthetic leather"





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... to opium, opium derivatives, and synthetic substitutes. Natural narcotics include opium (paregoric, parepectolin), morphine (MS-Contin, Roxanol), codeine (Tylenol with codeine, Empirin with codeine, Robitussan AC), and thebaine. Semisynthetic narcotics include heroin (horse, smack), and hydromorphone (Dilaudid). Synthetic narcotics include meperidine or Pethidine (Demerol, Mepergan), methadone (Dolophine, ...
— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


Words linked to "Semisynthetic" :   synthetic, artificial, chemical science, unreal, chemistry


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