Mandraxn.

Brit.

/ˈmandraks/, U.S.

/ˈmændræks/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mandrake n., mandragora n.

Etymology: < mandr- (in mandrake n. or mandragora n.) + an arbitrary ending. Originally a brand name.

Pharmacology.

A hypnotic and sedative containing methaqualone and diphenhydramine hydrochloride; a tablet of this. Cf. mandy n.This and other methaqualone products are now no longer sold legally in most countries because of their potential for abuse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > sedative > specific drugs

nepenthe1595

nepentha1626

bromide1883

bromo-seltzer1896

Dial1914

bromo1916

Amytal1926

Sedormid1928

Phenergan1948

promethazine1949

chlorpromazine1952

Thorazine1954

perphenazine1957

trimeprazine1959

Mandrax1963

mandy1970

1963 Trade Marks Jrnl. 10 Apr. 485/1 Mandrax... Hypnotics, being pharmaceutical preparations and substances.

1967 Scottish Med. Jrnl. 12 63/1 Mandrax..is a hypnotic preparation, which has been actively marketed in Great Britain since Autumn 1965... It has become commonly prescribed as a non-barbiturate hypnotic.

1970 L. Leech in Drug Dependence (U.S. Nat. Inst. Mental Health) 22 Another factor of importance has been the increased use of non-barbiturate hypnotics, particularly methaqualone and diphenhydramine in the form of Mandrax, by young people within the ‘pill scene’.

1972 Police Rev. 17 Nov. 1505/1 He admits taking Mandrax tablets obtained on prescription.

1979 Guardian 9 Jan. 5/8 Quaalude (Mandrax in Britain)..has a reputation as an aphrodisiac and is one of the fastest rising drugs of abuse in the U.S.

1986 Ann. Reg. 1985 248 In November a long-maturing scandal came into the open when thirty individuals, some of them one-time associates of the President, were alleged to be involved in the smuggling of mandrax.

1994 Magnet July 42/2 It's time to pop a Mandrax.

1996 Loaded Sept. 95/1 A spot of mandrax, a fine industrial substance that wouldn't so much take a man off his high but remove him to somewhere beneath the earth's crust.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mandrax
释义	Mandraxn. Brit. /ˈmandraks/, U.S. /ˈmændræks/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mandrake n., mandragora n. Etymology: < mandr- (in mandrake n. or mandragora n.) + an arbitrary ending. Originally a brand name. Pharmacology. A hypnotic and sedative containing methaqualone and diphenhydramine hydrochloride; a tablet of this. Cf. mandy n.This and other methaqualone products are now no longer sold legally in most countries because of their potential for abuse. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > sedative > specific drugs nepenthe1595 nepentha1626 bromide1883 bromo-seltzer1896 Dial1914 bromo1916 Amytal1926 Sedormid1928 Phenergan1948 promethazine1949 chlorpromazine1952 Thorazine1954 perphenazine1957 trimeprazine1959 Mandrax1963 mandy1970 1963 Trade Marks Jrnl. 10 Apr. 485/1 Mandrax... Hypnotics, being pharmaceutical preparations and substances. 1967 Scottish Med. Jrnl. 12 63/1 Mandrax..is a hypnotic preparation, which has been actively marketed in Great Britain since Autumn 1965... It has become commonly prescribed as a non-barbiturate hypnotic. 1970 L. Leech in Drug Dependence (U.S. Nat. Inst. Mental Health) 22 Another factor of importance has been the increased use of non-barbiturate hypnotics, particularly methaqualone and diphenhydramine in the form of Mandrax, by young people within the ‘pill scene’. 1972 Police Rev. 17 Nov. 1505/1 He admits taking Mandrax tablets obtained on prescription. 1979 Guardian 9 Jan. 5/8 Quaalude (Mandrax in Britain)..has a reputation as an aphrodisiac and is one of the fastest rising drugs of abuse in the U.S. 1986 Ann. Reg. 1985 248 In November a long-maturing scandal came into the open when thirty individuals, some of them one-time associates of the President, were alleged to be involved in the smuggling of mandrax. 1994 Magnet July 42/2 It's time to pop a Mandrax. 1996 Loaded Sept. 95/1 A spot of mandrax, a fine industrial substance that wouldn't so much take a man off his high but remove him to somewhere beneath the earth's crust. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1963
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