a dextrorotatory amphetamine, used to suppress appetite
dextroamphetamine in American English
(ˌdɛkstroʊæmˈfɛtəˌmin)
noun
a potentially habit-forming drug used as a central-nervous-system stimulant and appetite depressant
Word origin
dextro- + amphetamine
dextroamphetamine in American English
(ˌdekstrouæmˈfetəˌmin, -mɪn)
noun
Pharmacology
a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C9H13N, that stimulates the central nervous system: used in medicine as an antidepressive and appetite suppressant
Word origin
[1945–50; dextro- + amphetamine]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: RNA, beeper, ergative, shootout, spin-offdextro- is a combining form meaning “right,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix dextro- include: dextroglucose, dextrorotatory, dextrosinistral
Examples of 'dextroamphetamine' in a sentence
dextroamphetamine
The subsequent paranoid delusions that she suffered were due to dextroamphetamine poisoning.