noun

• A synthetic analgesic drug that is similar to morphine in its effects.

  Also called OxyContin (a trademark)

  ‘In the meantime, if anyone out there needs some OxyContin, that addictive painkiller, give me a holler.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘In the book, Suzanne, on an OxyContin bender, takes off to Tijuana with a tattoo artist she hardly knows.’