tetrahydrocannabinol
- noun
- /ˌtɛtrəhaɪdrəˈkænəˌbɪnɒl/
- NSFW
- We've got THC, tetrahydrocannabinol, and we've got CBD.
- tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
- tetrahydrocannabinol, a psychoactive
- tetrahydrocannabinol, a psychoactive ingredient
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Examples
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Increases in brain reward thresholds have been observed following withdrawal from psychomotor stimulants, opiates, ethanol, and D9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
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The person's blood would be tested by a medical professional for tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.
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The organization supports carefully controlled studies for alternative delivery methods, such as through a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) skin patch.
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Hemp plants with low THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) could be grown without any psychedelic effects around the mind being possible.
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Although cannabis contains many cannabinoids, a consistent increase in levels of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) - the main psychoactive agent - in cannabis has been observed over the past decades, rising to as much as 20% to 25% or more in some places.
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Hemp has long been a stigmatized plant since it's linked to marijuana because of its ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol, aka THC, the psychoactive substance in pot.
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The high you get from marijuana comes from a chemical called tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as THC.
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The primary psychoactive chemical in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, acts on the brain to produce the high recreational users crave.
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In oversimplified terms, plants with higher levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the component that gets people high, are considered marijuana.
Synonyms
The main chemical in marijuana that changes the way you think and feel
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Surface Forms
Morphology
tetrahydrocannabinol = cannabinol (semi-transparent) = tetrahydro + cannabinol
The element 'cannabinol' signals a relation to cannabis and is identifiable to learners familiar with cannabis vocabulary, but the technical chemical modifier 'tetrahydro-' is specialized and not clear to average learners.
Etymology
Tetrahydrocannabinol breaks into three parts: tetra- meaning 'four', hydro- meaning 'water' or 'hydrogen', and cannabinol from cannabis meaning 'hemp' or 'marijuana'. So tetrahydrocannabinol is the named chemical from the cannabis plant, and that is why this long word refers to the compound that causes most of the plant's 'high' effects.