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naphthoylindole

noun

Etymology

From naphthalene + -yl + indole, because the structure of the drug contains a naphthalene system connected to an indole system by a carbonyl group.

  1. derived from ἔλαιον
  2. derived from oleum
  3. borrowed from Oleum
  4. formed as indole — “indigo + oleum”
  5. compounded as naphthoylindole — “naphthalene + -yl + indole”

Definitions

  1. A class of synthetic psychoactive drugs with cannabinoidergic effects.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for naphthoylindole. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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