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dextromethorphan
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dextromethorphan /dex·tro·meth·or·phan/ (-meth-or´fan) a synthetic morphine derivative used as an antitussive; used in the form of the base or as the hydrobromide salt or sulfonated styrene-divinylbenzene (polistirex) copolymer.
dex·tro·me·thor·phan (dkstr-m-thôrfn)
n.
A drug that is used in its hydrobromide form as a cough suppressant and that is less addictive and has fewer side effects than codeine.

dextromethorphan
a synthetic morphine derivative used as an antitussive in the form of the hydrobromide salt.

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