methamphetamine hydrochloride

UK/ˌmɛθamˈfɛtəmiːn ˌhaɪdɹə(ʊ)ˈklɔːɹaɪd/

noun

The hydrochloride of the drug methamphetamine.

Meanings

nounmethamphetamine hydrochloride (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe hydrochloride of the drug methamphetamine.

    The appropriation artist had been led to believe that he was a former speed addict, intravenous addiction to methamphetamine hydrochloride is what he remembered telling that one,[…]

    1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 23

    Synonyms: crystal, crystal meth, ice, chalk, crank, crystal, crystal meth, fire

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

nounan 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

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish metamfetamiinihydrokloridi
  • metamfetamiinihydrokloridichemical
German Methamphetaminhydrochlorid
  • Methamphetaminhydrochloridchemical
Russian метамфетами́на гидрохлори́д
  • метамфетами́на гидрохлори́д (metamfetamína gidroxloríd)chemical
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Chicago

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