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Barbituate vs Amphetamine - What's the difference?

barbituate | amphetamine |

As nouns the difference between barbituate and amphetamine

is that barbituate is (us) while amphetamine is amphetamine.

barbituate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US)

    • amphetamine

    English

    (wikipedia amphetamine)

    Alternative forms

    * amfetamine

    Noun

  • (organic compound, proper) The racemic freebase of amphetamine, the chemical with an IUPAC name of "1-phenylpropan-2-amine"; equal parts of the levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine stereoisomers in their pure amine forms.
  • (informal) Any mixture of the amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine; any chemical that can be described by an enantiomeric ratio of the amphetamine enantiomers.
  • (informal, nonstandard) Referring to a substituted amphetamine; a member of the amphetamine class of chemicals.
  • (medicine) A potent central nervous system stimulant of the phenethylamine chemical class that is used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy.

    • Derived terms

    * methamphetamine * substituted amphetamine