fentanyl

/ˈfentənl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfentənl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfen-tə-ˌnil/ (ame, mw)

fentanyl — 名詞

1. a very strong opioid medicine given to patients in serious pain, for example aft

1.名詞C1
釋義

芬太尼

強效合成類鴉片止痛藥

a very strong opioid medicine given to patients in serious pain, for example after surgery or during cancer treatment, often through a skin patch or an injection.

例句

Doctors gave Takeshi fentanyl through a skin patch after his back operation.

Takeshi 背部手術後，醫師用皮膚貼片給他芬太尼。

fentanyl + skin patch (delivery method)

The hospice nurse adjusted the fentanyl dose to keep Eliska comfortable.

安寧病房的護理師調整芬太尼劑量，讓 Eliska 維持舒適。

adjust + fentanyl dose (clinical collocation)

同義詞
  • morphine

    older opioid painkiller; weaker than fentanyl per dose but used for similar clinical purposes.

  • oxycodone

    another prescription opioid; usually taken orally, while fentanyl is typically given by patch or injection.

用法筆記

Uncountable in clinical contexts ('a dose of fentanyl'); often modified by 'illegal' or 'illicit' when discussing the street-drug market.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a fentanyl from the pharmacy.
✅I picked up the fentanyl patch from the pharmacy.
💡fentanyl is uncountable; use a unit word like 'patch', 'dose', or 'tablet'.