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amphetamine

  • /æmˈfɛt.ə.miːn/
  • /æmˈfɛt.əm.ɪn/

noun amphetamines · amfetamine

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

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noun amphetamine

Españolanfetamina
한국어암페타민 ampetamin
日本語アンフェタミン anfetamin
中文安非他明 ānfēitāmíng, 安非他命 ānfēitāmìng, 苯丙胺 běnbǐng'àn
Portuguêsanfetamina
Françaisamphétamine
DeutschAmphetamin, Benzedrin
Italianoanfetamina, amfetamina, anfetammina
Ελληνικάαμφεταμίνη amfetamíni
Românăamfetamină
Русскийамфетами́н amfetamín
Tiếng Việthồng phiến
العربيةأَمْفِيتامين

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@misc{amphetamine_2026,
  title = {amphetamine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/amphetamine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}