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Psychoactive vs Methylenedioxymethamphetamine - What's the difference?

psychoactive | methylenedioxymethamphetamine |

As an adjective psychoactive

is (pharmacology) affecting the mind or mental processes.

As a noun methylenedioxymethamphetamine is

the psychoactive drug mdma or ecstasy, an amphetamine that produces entactogenic, psychedelic, and stimulant effects.

psychoactive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (pharmacology) Affecting the mind or mental processes.
    • LSD and DMT are psychoactive drugs.

    Synonyms

    * psychotropic

    Related terms

    * psychoactivity ----

    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