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cathine

cathine noun: a psychoactive drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine classes which acts as a stimulant.

Noun

cathine (uncountable)

  1. A psychoactive drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine classes which acts as a stimulant.

Origin of cathine

Catha edulis (the khat plant, in which it is found naturally) + -ine.

Words formed from cathine

Questions about cathine

What does cathine mean?
Cathine means a psychoactive drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine classes which acts as a stimulant.
What part of speech is cathine?
Cathine is a noun.

Words near cathine in the dictionary

  1. Catheys Valley
  2. Cathi
  3. Cathie
  4. Cathies
  5. cathilicidin
  6. cathine
  7. cathing
  8. cathinone
  9. cathinones
  10. cathiodermie
  11. cathion

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