Origin: Greek suffix -phone
Hydromorphone has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
a narcotic analgesic (trade name Dilaudid) used to treat moderate to severe pain
A synthetic narcotic analgesic, (4,5 alpha-epoxy-3-hydroxy-17-methyl morphinan-6-one), similar to morphine and heroin. It is used for moderate to severe pain under the trade name Dilaudid.