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PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions
Synonyms:
consciousness-altering drug; mind-altering drug; psychoactive drug; psychoactive substance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("psychoactive substance" is a kind of...):
drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "psychoactive substance"):
designer drug (a psychoactive drug deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-drug laws; mimics the effects of a banned drug; law was revised in 1986 to ban designer drugs)
dronabinol (psychoactive substance present in marijuana; used therapeutically to control nausea associated with cancer therapy)
euphoriant (a psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphoria)
hallucinogen; hallucinogenic drug; psychedelic drug; psychodelic drug (a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences)
tetrahydrocannabinol; THC (psychoactive substance present in marijuana)
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