dimethyltryptamine
noun
called also DMT
Examples of dimethyltryptamine in a Sentence
Stephen Smith, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2024
Ayahuasca contains the psychoactive chemical dimethyltryptamine (DMT), which the Drug Enforcement Agency lists as a schedule one drug.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 23 Sep. 2023
The substance contains dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, and is associated with religious practices in South America.
—Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2023
The psychedelic compound dimethyltryptamine (DMT) has shown promise in treating major depressive disorder in an early stage trial, a drugmaker said last week in a press release.
—Byscience News Staff, science.org, 2 Feb. 2023
The active chemical in ayahuasca is dimethyltryptamine (DMT).
—Christopher Kuhagen, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2022
These additional substances may include dimethyltryptamine, ibogaine, and mescaline.
—Fox News, 11 Nov. 2022
Those include dimethyltryptamine, also known as DMT, ibogaine and mescaline not derived from peyote, which is considered sacred by some Native Americans.
—Thomas Peipert, ajc, 9 Nov. 2022
The leaves contain the psychedelic chemical DMT (N,N-dimethyltryptamine).
—Sonya Collins, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2022
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1966, in the meaning defined above
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dimethyltryptamine
noun
called also DMT
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