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A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug, similar to cocaine. Its systematic (UIPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.
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Methamphetamine — Méthamphétamine Pour les articles homonymes, voir ICE. Méthamphétamine … Wikipédia en Français
methamphetamine — 1949, from METHYL (Cf. methyl) + AMPHETAMINE (Cf. amphetamine); so called because it was a methyl derivative of amphetamine … Etymology dictionary
methamphetamine — [meth΄am fet′ə mēn΄, meth΄am fet′əmin] n. [ METH(O) + AMPHETAMINE] a white, crystalline derivative of amphetamine, C10H15N, used in the form of its hydrochloride as a drug that is more stimulating than amphetamine … English World dictionary
Methamphetamine — Meth and Tik redirect here. For other uses, see Meth (disambiguation) and Tik (disambiguation). This article is about the psychostimulant drug, methamphetamine, in both racemic and dextrorotatory forms. For the CNS inactive OTC nasal decongestant … Wikipedia
Méthamphétamine — Pour les articles homonymes, voir ICE. Méthamphétamine … Wikipédia en Français
Methamphetamine — Strukturformel Allgemeines Freiname … Deutsch Wikipedia
methamphetamine — /meth am fet euh meen , min/, n. Pharm. a central nervous system stimulant, C10H15N, used clinically in the treatment of narcolepsy, hyperkinesia, and for blood pressure maintenance in hypotensive states: also widely used as an illicit drug.… … Universalium
Methamphetamine and Native Americans — Methamphetamine has become a major concern among the Native Americans within the last decade. Tribal leaders and reservation police departments consider the epidemic the largest threat to public safety and attribute higher rates of domestic… … Wikipedia
methamphetamine hydrochloride — A sympathomimetic agent that exerts greater stimulating effects upon the central nervous system than does amphetamine (hence street name, “speed”); widely used by drug abusers via the oral and intravenous (“mainlining”) routes; strong psychic… … Medical dictionary
methamphetamine hydrochloride — noun The hydrochloride of the drug methamphetamine. Syn: ice, crystal, crystal meth, glass, meth, methamphetamines, methylamphetamine … Wiktionary
methamphetamine hydrochloride — noun an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant • Syn: ↑methamphetamine, ↑Methedrine, ↑meth, ↑deoxyephedrine, ↑chalk … Useful english dictionary
