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Methamphetamine vs Methylenedioxymethamphetamine - What's the difference?

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Methylenedioxymethamphetamine is a related term of methamphetamine.



As nouns the difference between methamphetamine and methylenedioxymethamphetamine

is that methamphetamine is a highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug, similar to cocaine. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine while methylenedioxymethamphetamine is the psychoactive drug MDMA or Ecstasy, an amphetamine that produces entactogenic, psychedelic, and stimulant effects.

methamphetamine

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug, similar to cocaine. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.

    • Synonyms

    * crystal meth * crystal * glass * ice * meth * methamphetamines * methylamphetamine * speed * tina * tweak

    External links

    * (wikipedia "methamphetamine") English words suffixed with -amine

    methylenedioxymethamphetamine

    English

    (wikipedia methylenedioxymethamphetamine)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The psychoactive drug MDMA or Ecstasy, an amphetamine that produces entactogenic, psychedelic, and stimulant effects.

    • Hyponyms

    * — the form of methylenedioxymethamphetamine found in E (ecstasy) *

    Related terms

    * methylene, di-, oxy-, methamphetamine * methyl, -ene, meth-, amphetamine, amine