n.
A drug, C20H23NO4, used as an antagonist to narcotic drugs.
[Blend of NAL(O)XONE and tre- (probably alteration of TRI-, after the three carbon atoms in the propyl group that distinguishes it from naloxone, of which it is a congener).]
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