amphetamine-like
English
Etymology
From amphetamine + -like.
Adjective
amphetamine-like (comparative more amphetamine-like, superlative most amphetamine-like)
- Like or resembling an amphetamine, in its nature, chemical structure, or effects.
- 1991, Matthew P. Galloway, Cocaine: Pharmacology, Physiology, and Clinical Strategies:
- By following a strategy similar to that described for cocaine, that is, testing for a significant relationship between potencies of amphetamine-like compounds in drug self-administration studies and potencies at the dopamine transporter (Ritz and Kuhar, 1989), we were unable to establish such a relationship.
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