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countable and uncountable, plural pethidines
(pharmacology) A synthetic compound used as a painkilling drug, especially for women in labor. quotations
Inside was a clutter of prescription pads and a carton containing a collection of diamorphine syrettes and a dozen ampoules of pethidine.
2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 125