hallucinogen (redirected from Hallucinogens)

hal·lu·ci·no·gen  (h-ls-n-jn)

n.

A substance that induces hallucination.

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[hallucin(ation) + -gen.]

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hal·luci·no·genic (-jnk) adj.

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hallucinogen [həˈluːsɪnəˌdʒɛn]

n

(Medicine / Pharmacology) any drug, such as LSD or mescaline, that induces hallucinations

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hallucinogen  (h-ls-n-jn)

A drug or chemical that causes a person to have hallucinations. Mescaline, LSD, and psilocybin are hallucinogens.

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hallucinogen

a substance that induces hallucinations. — hallucinogenic, adj.

See also: Drugs

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hallucinogen - a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences hallucinogenic drug, psychedelic drug, psychodelic drug LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide - a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid mescaline, peyote - the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal buttons angel dust, phencyclidine, phencyclidine hydrochloride, PCP - a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen psilocin, psilocybin - a hallucinogenic compound obtained from a mushroom consciousness-altering drug, mind-altering drug, psychoactive drug, psychoactive substance - a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions salvinorin - a hallucinogen obtained from Salvia divinorum

Translations

hallucinogen [həˈluːsɪnəˌdʒen] N → alucinógeno m

hallucinogen [həˈluːsɪnədʒɛn] n → hallucinogène m