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Definition of Metopon
1. Noun. An opiate analogue, a methylated derivative of hydromorphone used as an analgesic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metopon
1. a narcotic drug [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metopon
Literary usage of Metopon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Problems in Periclean Buildings by George Wicker Elderkin (1912)
"There the south wall was reduced to one half of its regular thickness, and this
thinner wall flanked on the east by the metopon which rested in part upon a ..."
2. A Treatise on the Comparative Geography of Western Asia, Accompanied with an by James Rennell (1831)
"Criu metopon. The next point of consideration is CRIU metopon, the famous cape
named, we conclude, from its resemblance to the forehead of a ram, ..."
3. A treatise on the comparative geography of western Asia by James Rennell (1831)
"Criu metopon. The next point of consideration is CRIU metopon, the famous cape
named, we conclude, from its resemblance to the forehead of a ram, ..."