1. Plural of pentazocine; synthetic opioid analgesic drugs used to relieve moderate to severe pain.
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical term; typically used in clinical or pharmaceutical contexts

Examples

• The hospital pharmacy stocks several pentazocines for postoperative pain management.
• Pentazocines are mixed agonist-antagonist opioids that differ from pure opioid agonists.
• The doctor prescribed pentazocines to manage the patient's chronic pain condition.
• Pentazocines have been used in clinical practice since the 1960s.
• The pharmacist explained the side effects of pentazocines to the patient.