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lysergic acid diethylamide meaning

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WLysergic acid diethylamide
  • Lysergic acid diethylamide (/daɪ eθəl ˈæmaɪd/ or /æmɪd/ or /eɪmaɪd/), abbreviated LSD or LSD-25, also known as lysergide (INN) and colloquially as acid, is a psychedelic drug of the ergoline family,
  • LSD was first synthesized by Albert Hofmann in 1938 from ergotamine, a chemical derived by Arthur Stoll from ergot, a grain fungus that typically grows on rye.
  • Hofmann discovered the psychedelic properties of LSD in 1943. It was introduced commercially in 1947 by Sandoz Laboratories under the trade-name Delysid as a drug with various psychiatric uses. In the 1950s, officials at the U.S.
lysergic acid diethylamide
lysergic acid diethylamide
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Nouns
      • Singularia tantum
        • Uncountable nouns

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    Meaning of lysergic acid diethylamide for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this idiom "lysergic acid diethylamide" is a noun, more specifically, a singularia tantum.
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