Ritalin
pronunciation
How to pronounce Ritalin in British English:
UK ['rɪtəlɪn]
How to pronounce Ritalin in American English:
US [ˈrɪtlɪn]
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- Noun:
- central nervous system stimulant (trade name Ritalin) used in the treatment of narcolepsy in adults and attention deficit disorder in children
Word Origin
- Ritalin (n.)
- proprietary name (Ciba Ltd., originally in Switzerland) for drug methylphenidate hydrochloride, copyrighted 1948, years before the drug itself was marketed.
Example
- 1. The ritalin seems to work to relieve the condition .
- 2. In britain , for instance , ritalin is a class b drug .
- 3. Provigil and ritalin really do enhance cognition in healthy people . Provigil , for example , adds the ability to remember an extra digit or so to an individual 's working memory ( most people can hold seven random digits in their memory , but have difficulty with eight ) .
- 4. I 'm not taking ritalin .
- 5. So ritalin isn 't the big problem .