how to pronounce amphetamine
/æmˈfɛt.ə.miːn/
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amphetamine is pronounced in four syllables
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An example use of amphetamine in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… rather with amphetamines amphetamine use …”
meanings of amphetamine
noun:
- A potent central nervous system stimulant of the phenethylamine chemical class that is used to treat ADHD, narcolepsy, and obesity.
- Any mixture of the two amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine.
- The racemic freebase of 1-phenylpropan-2-amine; an equal parts mixture of levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine in their pure amine forms.
- Referring to a substituted amphetamine; a member of the amphetamine class of chemicals.
amphetamine frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word amphetamine occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
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