Pyrovalerone

//paɪ.roʊˈvæl.ɚ.roʊn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A psychoactive drug, (RS)-1-(4-methylphenyl)-2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)pentan-1-one, used to treat chronic fatigue and as an anorectic. It belongs to the family of substituted cathinones. uncountable

Etymology

From pyr(r)o(lidine) + valer(o) + (phen)one.

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