English
Etymology
From meth- + amphetamine; 1945–1950.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmɛθæmˈfɛtəˌmiːn/, /ˌmɛθæmˈfɛtəˌmɪn/
Noun
methamphetamine (countable and uncountable, plural methamphetamines)
- A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.
- Synonyms: crank, crystal meth, ice, meth, methedrine, speed; see also Thesaurus:methamphetamine
1960, J[ohn] J[acob] Lewis, “Central Nervous System Stimulants”, in An Introduction to Pharmacology, Edinburgh; London: E[dward] & S[tuart] Livingstone Ltd., →OCLC, page 288:Methamphetamine is more potent than dexamphetamine which is in turn more potent than its racemate amphetamine.
Derived terms
Translations
the drug (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine
- Afrikaans: metamfetamien
- Arabic: ميثامفيتامين
- Armenian: մեթամֆետամին (metʻamfetamin)
- Azerbaijani: metamfetamin, patı
- Catalan: metamfetamina f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 甲基苯丙胺 (zh) (jiǎjī běnbǐng'àn), 甲基安非他命 (zh) (jiǎjī'ānfēitāmìng), 冰毒 (zh) (bīngdú)
- Czech: pervitin (cs) m, metamfetamin m
- Dutch: methamfetamine (nl) f
- Estonian: metamfetamiin
- Finnish: metamfetamiini (fi)
- French: méthamphétamine (fr) f
- German: Methamphetamin n
- Greek: μεθαμφεταμίνη (el) (methamfetamíni)
- Hebrew: מתאמפטמין
- Hungarian: metamfetamin (hu)
- Icelandic: metamfetamín n
- Indonesian: metamfetamin, shabu, shabu-shabu, syabu, syabu-syabu
- Italian: metanfetamina (it) f
- Japanese: メタンフェタミン (metanfetamin), ヒロポン (ja) (hiropon)
- Korean: 메스암페타민 (meseuampetamin), 히로뽕 (hiroppong)
- Malay: syabu (ms)
- Maori: tioata whakaihi, pōau-pī
- Persian: متآمفتامین
- Polish: metamfetamina (pl) f
- Portuguese: metanfetamina (pt) f
- Romanian: metanfetamină f
- Russian: метамфетами́н (ru) m (metamfetamín)
- Spanish: metanfetamina (es)
- Swedish: metamfetamin (sv) n
- Tagalog: shabu (common), bato (tl) (slang)
- Thai: เมทเอมเฟตามีน (méet-eem-fee-taa-miin), ไอซ์ (aís) (informal)
- Turkish: metamfetamin
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