methamphetamine

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Etymology

From meth- +‎ amphetamine; 1945–1950.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛθæmˈfɛtəˌmiːn/, /ˌmɛθæmˈfɛtəˌmɪn/

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Noun

methamphetamine (countable and uncountable, plural methamphetamines)

2. A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.

   Synonyms: meth, methedrine, crank; see also Thesaurus:methamphetamine

   Near-synonyms: crystal meth, ice (formulation-specific nicknames); speed (also includes other similar drugs)

   • 1960, J[ohn] J[acob] Lewis, “Central Nervous System Stimulants”, in An Introduction to Pharmacology, Edinburgh; London: E[dward] & S[tuart] Livingstone Ltd., →OCLC, page 288:

     Methamphetamine is more potent than dexamphetamine which is in turn more potent than its racemate amphetamine.

Derived terms

• crystal methamphetamine
• dimethoxymethamphetamine
• levomethamphetamine
• methamphetamine hydrochloride
• methylenedioxymethamphetamine

Translations

the drug (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine

Afrikaans: metamfetamien Arabic: ميثامفيتامين Armenian: մեթամֆետամին (metʻamfetamin) Azerbaijani: metamfetamin, patı Catalan: metamfetamina f Chinese: Mandarin: 甲基苯丙胺 (zh) (jiǎjī běnbǐng'àn), 甲基安非他命 (zh) (jiǎjī'ānfēitāmìng), 冰毒 (zh) (bīngdú) Czech: pervitin (cs) m, metamfetamin m Dutch: methamfetamine (nl) f Estonian: metamfetamiin Finnish: metamfetamiini (fi) French: méthamphétamine (fr) f German: Methamphetamin n Greek: μεθαμφεταμίνη (el) (methamfetamíni) Hebrew: מתאמפטמין Hungarian: metamfetamin (hu) Icelandic: metamfetamín n Indonesian: metamfetamin, shabu, shabu-shabu, syabu, syabu-syabu Italian: metanfetamina (it) f Japanese: メタンフェタミン (ja) (metanfetamin), ヒロポン (ja) (hiropon) Korean: 메스암페타민 (meseuampetamin), 히로뽕 (hiroppong) Malay: syabu (ms) Maori: tioata whakaihi, pōau-pī Persian: مت‌آمفتامین Polish: metamfetamina (pl) f Portuguese: metanfetamina (pt) f Romanian: metanfetamină f Russian: метамфетами́н (ru) m (metamfetamín) Spanish: metanfetamina (es) Swedish: metamfetamin (sv) n Tagalog: shabu (common), bato (tl) (slang) Thai: เมทเอมเฟตามีน (méet-eem-fee-taa-miin), ไอซ์ (aís) (informal) Turkish: metamfetamin

Further reading

• methamphetamine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia