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dexamyl

dexamyl noun: drinamyl.

Noun

dexamyl (uncountable)

  1. Drinamyl.
    • After 25 hours of work (dexamyl—uninterrupted except for an hour with Lottman and, later, Alphaville) I think I've sorted things out.2012, Susan Sontag, “6/8/65 7 a.m.”, in David Rieff, editor, As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 88

Origin of dexamyl

Brand name, blend of dextro- + amphetamine + amyl.

Questions about dexamyl

What does dexamyl mean?
Dexamyl means drinamyl.
What part of speech is dexamyl?
Dexamyl is a noun.

Words near dexamyl in the dictionary

  1. dexamfetamine
  2. dexaminid
  3. dexaminids
  4. dexamisole
  5. dexamphetamine
  6. dexamyl
  7. dexbrompheniramine
  8. dexchlorpheniramine
  9. dexdomitor
  10. dexecadotril
  11. dexedrine

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