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actedron

actedron noun: the drug amphetamine.

Noun

actedron (uncountable)

  1. The drug amphetamine.
    • As I later learned, a Red Army medical major named Istvan Balint had come to the AVO at the end of 1946; he began using actedron, pentothal, scopalomine, and morphine on the political prisoners.2001, Christopher Felix, A short course in the secret war

Origin of actedron

From a trademark.

Questions about actedron

What does actedron mean?
Actedron means the drug amphetamine.
What part of speech is actedron?
Actedron is a noun.

Words near actedron in the dictionary

  1. acted the jinnet
  2. acted the maggot
  3. acted up
  4. acted upon
  5. acted-out
  6. actedron
  7. actedst
  8. acteme
  9. actemes
  10. Acteon
  11. acteonellid

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