phentermine

phentermine
/fen"teuhr meen'/, n. Pharm.
a white, crystalline powder, phenyl-tertiary-butylamine hydrochloride, soluble in water and alcohol, that stimulates the central nervous system and elevates the systolic blood pressure: used chiefly in the treatment of obesity.
[phen(yl)-ter(tiary-butyla)mine (hydrochloride)]

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