oxycodone

noun

oxy·​co·​done ˌäk-sē-ˈkō-ˌdōn 

: a narcotic analgesic C₁₈H₂₁NO₄ used especially in the form of its hydrochloride

Examples of oxycodone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2015, a Toyota Motor executive from America resigned after she was arrested and then released in Japan on suspicion of illegally importing the painkiller oxycodone. —Dylan Butts, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024

Withdrawal symptoms start within a few hours of withdrawal from short-acting opioids (like heroin or oxycodone) and a few days from long-acting opioids. —Josephine Hessert, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024

Instead of the oxycodone in Percocet, the pills contained filler and fentanyl, an opioid 50 times stronger than heroin. —Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2024

Hinton sold counterfeit oxycodone, Xanax and Adderall pills that contained methamphetamine and protonitazene, a synthetic opioid that is three time more powerful than fentanyl, federal officials said. —CBS News, 24 Sep. 2024

Word History

Etymology

oxy + codeine + -one

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

oxycodone

noun

oxy·​co·​done -ˈkō-ˌdōn 

: a narcotic analgesic C₁₈H₂₁NO₄ used especially in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₈H₂₁NO₄·HCl to relieve moderate to severe pain

Note: Oxycodone is marketed under the trademarks OxyContin, Percocet, and Percodan.