medical Definition of MDPV
: a synthetic compound C16H21NO3 that is an analog of cathinone and is used illicitly as a stimulant with effects similar to those of cocaine
- … MDPV and other stimulants found in the bath salts provide a rush similar to cocaine or methamphetamine.
- —Larry Oakes, The Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 4 Sept. 2011
