Percocet
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- proper noun
- /ˈpɜrkəˌsɛt/
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Percocet
- That night at home and with Percocet, I was having the most horrendous bladder spasms.
The doctor prescribed me a couple bottles of Percocet.
- The doctor prescribed me a couple bottles of Percocet.
- They're not big, you know, addictive pain meds like, you know, Dilaudid, Percocet, all that.
- Xanax, Klonopin, Adderall, Percocet, Ritalin, any kind of speed.
- Oh Vince took someone that Percocet that's Vince Van Slow.
Examples
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They hadn't taken away his Percocet yet.
Fiction book (1999) -
But by his logic, if I was home anyway, I should have just popped a few Percocet.
Blog text (29) -
There was Percocet in her blood.
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His Percocet was what really helped him.
Fiction book (1999) -
I know what's happening is so bad but I'm on all of this Percocet.
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One time, a physician called in for a prescription, and it was Percocet.
Blog text (25) -
More tablets of Percocet were dispensed in 2000 in the United States than any other prescription drug.
Academic text (2002) -
The doctor then panicked and wrote me a script for Percocet and Humira.
Blog text (26) -
We're looking for Percocet, morphine, Dilaudid and Oxycontin.
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After her surgery, the doctor prescribed Percocet to help manage her pain.
Synonyms
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6.1
A strong pain medicine a doctor gives to relieve moderate to severe pain
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9.9
A strong prescription pain medicine often causing addiction
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9.9
A strong pill given by a doctor to treat severe pain
How Strong
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155
4.9
- Specialized
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6.1
- NSFW
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7.7
- Specialized
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6.5
- Specialized
23
3.2
- Specialized
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4.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Percocet is a brand name for a prescription painkiller. A helpful way to remember the name is to notice oxy, as in oxycodone, and acet, as in acetaminophen, inside it, which shows it is a mix of two pain drugs and so should be used only with a doctor's prescription.