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A drug used as a feed additive to promote leanness in pigs raised for their meat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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From [Term?] + -opamine (“dopaminergic agent, dopamine derivative”).
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
萊克多巴胺 /莱克多巴胺
(láikèduōbā'àn)
— feed additive
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French:
ractopamine
— feed additive
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German:
Ractopamin
— feed additive
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Japanese:
ラクトパミン
(rakutopamin)
— feed additive
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Russian:
рактопами́н
(raktopamín)
— feed additive