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MDMA

MDMA

11 8.9
An illegal man-made drug that makes users feel very happy and changes what they see or hear
  • noun
  • /ˌɛmˌdiːˌɛmˈeɪ/
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translation icon : MDMA
  • Many people report that MDMA enhances their emotional connections during social gatherings.
  • MDMA ("Ecstasy")
  • MDMA users
  • MDMA use

Why did the FDA not approve MDMA this last year?

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Examples

  • But what it does is that MDMA makes you a better listener.

  • So I was aware that MAPS had an MDMA trial in autism.

  • But for some reason MDMA is not on the no fly list.

  • It's the difference between going from a beer to MDMA, right?

  • And the MDMA is the medicine, but the music is the guide.

  • And MDMA can get people talking.

  • I recently did a guided MDMA therapy session for trauma that was life changing.

  • There were significant differences between the scores of the MDMA users and the scores of the other groups.

    Academic text (2002)
  • So it's a large amount of therapy punctuated by these MDMA experiences.

  • The coroner's report indicated that he had high levels of THC and MDMA in his bloodstream.

Synonyms

X
vsMDMA
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A slang word for the illegal party drug ecstasy

defines it by chemical family and its euphoric effects
ecstasy
vsMDMA
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A drug often taken at parties to make people feel very happy and energetic

highlights the chemical family and recreational euphoric effects
go
vsMDMA
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An illegal party drug called ecstasy

focuses on its chemical relation and illegal use
molly
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An illegal party drug that makes people feel very happy and energetic

refers more formally to its chemistry and illicit recreational use
XTC
vsMDMA
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An illegal pill people take at parties to feel very happy and energetic

specifies the drug by chemistry, stressing illicit euphoric use

A man-made drug that makes people feel more energetic, happy, and close to others

emphasizes illegal use and its chemical relation to amphetamines

Surface Forms

MDMA singular
MDMAs plural

Etymology

MDMA is made from the first letters of the long chemical name methylenedioxymethamphetamine, so the letters describe the drug's chemical parts. A helpful way to remember it is to think of MDMA as a 'short name' for this synthetic drug, like TV is a short form for 'television'.