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hallucinogenic

[ huh-loo-suh-nuh-jen-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

producing hallucinations:
a hallucinogenic drug.
of, relating to, or constituting a hallucinogen or hallucinogens:
He took some strange tablets and has just woken from weird hallucinogenic dreams.
resembling or recalling the state of consciousness induced by a hallucinogen:
The film contains a wild kaleidoscope of unequivocal camp and hallucinogenic color.

a hallucinogenic substance:
Side effects of hallucinogenics are still being researched.

First recorded in 1950–55; hallucino(gen) + -genic

And, perhaps most accurately, "a single complete experience of using a powerful hallucinogenic drug."

There they tried non-hallucinogenic 2-Bromo-LSD for chronic cluster headaches.

So Halpern suggested looking at a non-hallucinogenic 2-Bromo-LSD, instead of LSD.

Over-the-counter cough syrup may also be used, though the effects of that are more hallucinogenic than euphoric.

But the protagonist and the playwright are linked by hallucinogenic drugs.

Some had hallucinogenic effects, which were probably useful for pain.

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