ritalin
ritalin proper noun: methylphenidate, used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Proper noun (1)
ritalin (uncountable)
- methylphenidate, used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ritalin
Ritalin
- The original brand name version of methylphenidate (“ritalin”).
Origin of ritalin
From Rita + -lin. Coined by chemist Leandro Panizzon, who synthesized it. Named after Marguerite Panizzon, wife of Leandro. Ritalin, a trade name from the 1940s. Genericization of the trademark.
Rita + -lin. See ritalin.
Words formed from ritalin
- ritalinic
- ritalinic acid
Words that rhyme with ritalin
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- chin
- Flynn
- bin
- Quinn
- sin
- tin
- Bryn
- corinne
- inn
- din
- Finn
- grin
- kin
- lin
- linn
- unpin
- Benin
- min
- shin
- violin
- wherein
- within
- akin
- been
- begin
- brin
- chin-chin
- hin
- lyn
- mandolin
- whin
- zoom in
- agin
- agrin
- Arabian jasmine
- blin
- djinn
- Douyin
- edge in
- gimme some skin
- glyn
- herein
- jinn
- Karin
- kissing kin
- lecithin
- Nguyen
Questions about ritalin
- What does ritalin mean?
- Ritalin means methylphenidate, used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
- What part of speech is ritalin?
- Ritalin is a proper noun.
Words near ritalin in the dictionary
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