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Definition: Benzedrine |
BenzedrineNoun1. (trademark) a form of amphetamine. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: BenzedrineSynonym: bennie (n). (additional references) |
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As a side effect, physicians discovered that the amphetamine part of Benzedrine could help in treating for example narcolepsy. This led to Benzedrine being produced in tablet form as a stimulant.
Even though this drug was supposed to be inhaled, many people cracked the containers open and swallowed the paper drenched in Benzedrine that was contained inside, often with coffee or alcohol.
In the 1940s and 1950s reports began to emerge about the abuse of Benzedrine containers, and in 1949, doctors began to move patients from Benzedrine to the weaker stimulant propylhexedrine. In 1959, the FDA made it a prescription drug in the United States.
This drug was very popular with beatniks and figure a lot in the literature and biographies of William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.
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Crosswords: Benzedrine |
| Non-English Usage: "Benzedrine" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (benzedrine). |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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benzedrine | 32 |
benzedrine inhalers | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "Benzedrine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | benzedrinë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | бензедрин. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | benzedrin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | benzedrin, splat (amphetamine, amphetamine sulfate, peaches, phenylisopropylamine, splash), speed (amphetamine, amphetamine sulfate, bennies, dexies, diet pills, meth, peaches, pep pills, phenylisopropylamine, speed, splash, uppers, wake-ups), amfetamin (amphetamine, amphetamine sulfate, meth, peaches, phenylisopropylamine, speed, splash). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | benzedrine (amphetamine sulfate, peaches). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | benzédrine, sulfate d'amphétamine, phénamine, désoxynoréphédrine racémique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Benzie (amphetamine sulfate, peaches), Benzedrin (amphetamine sulfate, peaches), Benz (amphetamine sulfate, peaches), Bennies (amphetamine sulfate, peaches), razemisches Phenylaminopropansulfat (amphetamine sulfate, peaches), Peaches (amphetamine sulfate, peaches), Desoxynorephedrinsulfat (amphetamine sulfate, peaches), Amphetaminum sulfuricum (amphetamine sulfate, peaches). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βενζενδρίνη (amphetamine sulfate, peaches), βενζεδρίνη, θειική αμφεταμίνη (amphetamine sulfate, peaches). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | benzedrin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | benzedrina (amphetamine sulfate, peaches), amfetamina solfato (amphetamine sulfate, peaches). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | bensedreen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enzedrinebay benzedrina, anfes (amphetamine, amphetamine sulfate, peaches, phenylisopropylamine, splash). (various references) бензедрин. (various references) benzedrin. (various references) bencedrina (amphetamine, phenylisopropylamine, splash). (various references) benzedrine. (various references) бензедрин. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Benzedrine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: benzadine, benzidine. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-e-i-n-n-r-z" | |
-3 letters: bedizen, benzene, benzine, breezed, denizen, inbreed, needier, zebrine. | |
-4 letters: beezer, bendee, bender, benzin, binder, binned, breeze, brined, denier, dinner, endrin, inbred, indene, needer, nereid, rebind, reined. | |
-5 letters: benne, benni, bider, brede, breed, bride, brine, diene, diner, dizen, eerie, eider, ender, inned, inner, rebid, renin, zineb. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-e-i-n-n-r-z" | |
+4 letters: dinitrobenzene. | |
+5 letters: dichlorobenzene, dinitrobenzenes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 6E 7A 65 64 72 69 6E 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . -. --.. . -.. .-. .. -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01101110 01111010 01100101 01100100 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e n z e d r i n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 006E 007A 0065 0064 0072 0069 006E 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36718092717084758071 |
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