deoxyephedrine

Other forms of deoxyephedrine

plural

deoxyephedrines·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about deoxyephedrine

What does deoxyephedrine mean?

deoxyephedrine means "an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant".

How many syllables are in deoxyephedrine?

deoxyephedrine has 5 syllables and divides as de-ox-ye-phe-drine under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for deoxyephedrine?

Close synonyms include methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, chalk. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deoxyephedrine a common word?

deoxyephedrine is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.