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- [am-fet-uh-meen, -min]
- /æmˈfɛt əˌmin, -mɪn/
- /æmˈfet.ə.miːn/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [am-fet-uh-meen, -min]
- /æmˈfɛt əˌmin, -mɪn/
Definitions of amphetamine word
- variable noun amphetamine Amphetamine is a drug which increases people's energy, makes them excited, and reduces their desire for food. 4
- noun amphetamine a synthetic colourless volatile liquid used medicinally as the white crystalline sulphate, mainly for its stimulant action on the central nervous system, although it also stimulates the sympathetic nervous system. It can have unpleasant or dangerous side effects and drug dependence can occur; 1-phenyl-2-aminopropane. Formula: C6H5CH2CH(NH2)CH3 3
- noun amphetamine a colorless, liquid drug, C6H5CH2CH(NH2)CH3, that acts as a stimulant of the central nervous system and is used, usually in its crystalline sulfate or phosphate form, as a medicine to treat narcolepsy, depression, obesity, and Parkinson's disease 3
- noun amphetamine any closely related drug, as Dexedrine 3
- noun amphetamine a racemic drug, C 9 H 13 N, that stimulates the central nervous system: used chiefly to lift the mood in depressive states and to control the appetite in cases of obesity. 1
- noun amphetamine A synthetic, addictive, mood-altering drug, used illegally as a stimulant and legally as a prescription drug to treat children with ADD and adults with narcolepsy. 1
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Origin of amphetamine
First appearance:
before 1935 One of the 8% newest English words
First recorded in 1935-40; a(lpha) + m(ethyl) + ph(enyl) + et(hyl) + amine
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Parts of speech for Amphetamine
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amphetamine popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for amphetamine
noun amphetamine
- stimulant — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. something that temporarily quickens some vital process or the functional activity of some organ or part: Adrenalin is a stimulant for the heart. Compare depressant (def 4).
- upper — higher, as in place, position, pitch, or in a scale: the upper stories of a house; the upper register of a singer's voice.
- crystal — A crystal is a small piece of a substance that has formed naturally into a regular symmetrical shape.
- crank — If you call someone a crank, you think their ideas or behaviour are strange.
- tab — ht
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