Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

methylenedioxyphenethylamine

/ˌmɛθ.ɪ.liːn.daɪˌɒk.siˌfɛn.ɛˈθaɪ.lə.miːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: methylene-dioxyphenethy-lamine
IPA: /ˌmɛθ.ɪ.liːn.daɪˌɒk.siˌfɛn.ɛˈθaɪ.lə.miːn/

60

Scrabble Score

28

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A chemical compound in the phenethylamine family that has a methylenedioxy group on its benzene ring. It is structurally related to MDMA and MDA but lacks their psychoactive effects in humans because it is rapidly broken down in the body and does not strongly affect the central nervous system.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From methylenedioxy + phenethylamine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

methylenedioxyphenethylamines (plural) MDPEA (abbreviation)

Questions

How do you pronounce methylenedioxyphenethylamine?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɛθ.ɪ.liːn.daɪˌɒk.siˌfɛn.ɛˈθaɪ.lə.miːn/.
What does methylenedioxyphenethylamine mean?: A chemical compound in the phenethylamine family that has a methylenedioxy group on its benzene ring. It is structurally related to MDMA and MDA but lacks their psychoactive effects in humans because it is rapidly broken down in the body and does not strongly affect the central nervous system.
Where does methylenedioxyphenethylamine come from?: From methylenedioxy + phenethylamine.

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