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10 dictionary results for: LSD
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LSD
1.U.S. Navy. a seagoing, amphibious ship capable of carrying and launching assault landing craft from a large, inner compartment that can be flooded, and of making emergency repairs at sea to smaller ships. [Origin: l(anding) s(hip) d(eck)]
2.Pharmacology. a crystalline solid, C20H25N3O, the diethyl amide of lysergic acid, a powerful psychedelic drug that produces temporary hallucinations and a schizophrenic psychotic state. [Origin: < G Lysergsäure-Diäthylamid lysergic acid diethylamide]
3.least significant digit.
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L.S.D.
pounds, shillings, and pence.
Also, £.s.d., l.s.d.


[Origin: < L librae, solidī, dénāriī]
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LSD 1       (ěl'ěs-dē')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A crystalline compound, C20H25N3O, derived from lysergic acid and used as a powerful hallucinogenic drug. Also called acid.


[l(y)s(ergic acid) d(iethylamide).]

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LSD 2  
abbr.   least significant digit

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LSD 
"lysergic acid diethylamide," 1950, from Ger. "Lysergsäure-diäthylamid" (abbreviated LSD in a Swiss journal from 1947). Lysergic (1934) is formed from the lys in hydrolysis + first syllable of ergot + -ic.

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lsd

noun
a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid [syn: lysergic acid diethylamide

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LSD       (ěl'ěs-dē')  Pronunciation Key 
Short for lysergic acid diethylamide. A crystalline compound that is a synthetic derivative of lysergic acid. It is used as a powerful hallucinogenic drug. Chemical formula: C20H25N3O.

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
LSD

A drug, lysergic acid diethylamide, that produces hallucinations similar to those of a psychosis. Persons on LSD “trips,” which may last for many hours, undergo distortions of their perceptions of space and time and may lose all contact with reality.


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LSD (ěl'ěs-dē')
n.
Lysergic acid diethylamide; a crystalline compound derived from lysergic acid and used as a powerful hallucinogenic drug. Also called acid, lysergide.

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LSD
  1. least significant digit
  2. lysergic acid diethylamide

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