amphetamine
pronunciation
How to pronounce amphetamine in British English:
UK [æmˈfetəmi:n]
How to pronounce amphetamine in American English:
US [æmˈfɛtəˌmin, -mɪn]
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- Noun:
- a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
Word Origin
- amphetamine (n.)
- 1938, contracted from alphamethyl-phenethylamine.
Example
- 1. My behavior with opiates was nothing like my behavior with amphetamine .
- 2. Amid signs of resurgent amphetamine abuse , the ppp unashamedly talks of reviving it .
- 3. I don 't actually think that either of those was the case with amphetamine .
- 4. As a bonus , one of those three also stimulated the production of antibodies against another widely used drug , amphetamine .
- 5. In one study with rats , adolescent amphetamine use permanently altered brain cells linked to memory and decision-making .