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phenylethylamine

phenylethylamine is the alternative form of phenethylamine.

Meaning of phenethylamine

Noun

phenethylamine (countable and uncountable, plural phenethylamines)

  1. (uncountable) An aromatically substituted aliphatic amine, C₆H₅C₂H₄NH₂, which is a neurotransmitter in the brain; it has pharmacological properties similar to amphetamine.
  2. (countable) Any of a group of compounds derived from that amine.

Forms of phenylethylamine

pluralphenylethylamines

Origin of phenylethylamine

From phenyl + ethylamine.

Questions about phenylethylamine

What is phenylethylamine the alternative form of?
Phenylethylamine is the alternative form of phenethylamine.

Words near phenylethylamine in the dictionary

  1. phenylethanols
  2. phenylethyl
  3. phenylethylacetylurea
  4. phenylethylamide
  5. phenylethylamides
  6. phenylethylamine
  7. phenylethylamines
  8. phenylethylbarbituric acid
  9. phenylethylidenehydrazine
  10. phenylethylmalonamide
  11. phenylethyls

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