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MDMA

MDMA noun: 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family.

mdma: 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family
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Noun

MDMA (uncountable)

  1. 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family.
    • Unlike many of its subsequent users, Shulgin did not find his MDMA experience transformative. For him the effect was like a particularly lucid alcohol buzz; he called it his "low-calorie martini."2005 January 30, Drake Bennett, “Dr. Ecstasy”, in The New York Times Magazine, →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2021
    • A bit of folk wisdom from early cohorts of MDMA users advised against getting married within six weeks of one's first MDMA experience.2011, Mark A.R. Kleiman et al., Drugs and Drug Policy, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    ecstasy, mandy, molly

Synonyms of MDMA

Questions about MDMA

What does MDMA mean?
MDMA means 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family.
What part of speech is MDMA?
MDMA is a noun.

Words near MDMA in the dictionary

  1. MDIs
  2. MDiv
  3. MDL
  4. MDLs
  5. MDM
  6. MDMA
  7. Mdme.
  8. Mdmes.
  9. MDN
  10. mDNA
  11. mDNAs

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