Associations to the word «Amphetamine»

Wiktionary

AMPHETAMINE, noun. (organic compound) (proper) The racemic freebase of amphetamine, the chemical with an IUPAC name of "1-phenylpropan-2-amine"; equal parts of the levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine stereoisomers in their pure amine forms.
AMPHETAMINE, noun. (informal) Any mixture of the amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine; any chemical that can be described by an enantiomeric ratio of the amphetamine enantiomers.
AMPHETAMINE, noun. (informal) (nonstandard) Referring to a substituted amphetamine; a member of the amphetamine class of chemicals.
AMPHETAMINE, noun. (medicine) A potent central nervous system stimulant of the phenethylamine chemical class that is used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy.

Dictionary definition

AMPHETAMINE, noun. A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats