FENTANYLとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From phen(yle)th(yl) + anil(ide).

発音

• IPA: /ˈfɛn.tə.nɪl/, (sometimes also) [ˈfɛnʔ.nɪɫ]
• (米国発音, nonstandard) IPA: /ˈfɛn.tə.nɑl/, /ˈfɛn.tə.nɔl/, [ˈfɛnʔ.nɑɫ], [ˈfɛnʔ.nɔɫ]

名詞

fentanyl (countable and uncountable, plural fentanyls)

1. (pharmacology) A synthetic opioid narcotic analgesic, C₂₂H₂₈N₂O, with pharmacological action similar to morphine that is administered transdermally as a skin patch and in the form of its citrate, C₂₂H₂₈N₂O·C₆H₈O₇, is administered orally or parenterally (as by intravenous or epidural injection); N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]propanamide.
   • 1963 November 23, British Pharmacopoeia Commission, “Approved names”, in British Medical Journal, page 1327:

     Approved name ! Other names ! Action and use
     Fentanyl .. ! 1-Phenethyl-f-(N-propionylanilino)-piperidine ! Narcotic; analgesic

   • 2016 March 25, Katharine Q. Seelye, “Heroin Epidemic Is Yielding to a Deadlier Cousin: Fentanyl”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 9 August 2021:

     Fentanyl represents the latest wave of a rolling drug epidemic that has been fueled by prescription painkillers, as addicts continue to seek higher highs and cheaper fixes. “It started out as an opioid epidemic, then heroin, but now it’s a fentanyl epidemic,” Maura Healey, the attorney general of Massachusetts, said in an interview.

   • 2017 December 8, Kory Grow, “Lil Peep Cause of Death Revealed”, in Rolling Stone‎, archived from the original on 13 July 2018:

     Lil Peep died of an overdose of fentanyl and generic Xanax, according to the Pima Country Office of the Medical Examiner.

   • 2019 July 4, Michael Sullivan, “In Myanmar, Methamphetamine, Synthetic Drug Production Soars”, in NPR‎, archived from the original on 6 July 2019:

     Including, he warns, ketamine and even fentanyl. The crime syndicates have the capacity, he says, and a worldwide distribution network already in place.

   • 2023 April 6, McKenna Oxenden, “Fentanyl Contributed to Coolio’s Death, Medical Examiner Says”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 14 April 2023:

     Coolio, the gritty rapper best known for his hit “Gangsta’s Paradise,” died from the effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine, according to the Los Angeles County medical examiner.

   • 2025 December 11, Joseph Gedeon, “US lawmakers condemn seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker: ‘Trump is sleepwalking us into a war’”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     But US drug enforcement officials noted in a May report that fentanyl primarily enters the US through Chinese producers and Mexican criminal organizations, while cocaine mainly comes from Colombia, Peru and Bolivia.

使用する際の注意点

• The nonstandard but widespread American tendency to mispronounce fentanyl as if it were spelled fentanol is due to confusion with the -ol suffix used in names of alcohols.

派生語

参照

• “fentanyl”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “fentanyl”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Further reading

• fentanyl on Wikipedia.Wikipedia