amphetamine

See also: amphétamine

English

Alternative forms

• amfetamine

Etymology

Shortened form of alpha-methylphenethylamine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æmˈfɛtəmin/

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Noun

amphetamine (countable and uncountable, plural amphetamines)

1. (organic chemistry, proper) The racemic freebase of 1-phenylpropan-2-amine; an equal parts mixture of levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine in their pure amine forms.
2. (informal) Any mixture of the two amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine.
3. (informal, nonstandard) Referring to a substituted amphetamine; a member of the amphetamine class of chemicals.
4. (medicine) A potent central nervous system stimulant of the phenethylamine chemical class that is used to treat ADHD, narcolepsy, and obesity.

Derived terms

• 4-fluoroamphetamine
• methamphetamine
• substituted amphetamine

Translations

amphetamine

• Catalan: amfetamina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安非他明 (zh) (ānfēitāmíng), 安非他命 (zh) (ānfēitāmìng)

• Czech: amfetamin m
• Dutch: amfetamine (nl) f
• Estonian: amfetamiin
• Finnish: amfetamiini (fi)
• French: amphétamine (fr) f
• Galician: anfetamina f
• German: Amphetamin (de) n, Benzedrin n
• Greek: αμφεταμίνη (el) f (amfetamíni)
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• Hungarian: amfetamin (hu)
• Icelandic: amfetamín (is) n
• Italian: anfetamina (it) f
• Japanese: アンフェタミン (anfetamin)
• Korean: 암페타민 (ampetamin)
• Portuguese: anfetamina (pt) f
• Russian: амфетами́н (ru) m (amfetamín)
• Spanish: anfetamina (es) f
• Swedish: amfetamin (sv) n
• Turkish: amfetamin