an amphetamine related drug that is used to inhibit the desire to eat and is also used as a stimulant
Preludin (phenmetrazine) was put on Schedule 4 of the Poison Rules in 1957.
phenmetrazine in American English
(fenˈmetrəˌzin)
noun
Pharmacology
a compound, C11H15NO, used chiefly to control the appetite in the treatment of obesity
Word origin
[1955–60; phen(yl) + me(thyl) + (te)tra- + (oxa)zine]This word is first recorded in the period 1955–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cassette, geodesic dome, life-support, opioid, rollout