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psychotomimetic definition

psy·choto·mi·metic (sī kät′ō mī met′ik, -mi-)

adjective

designating or of certain drugs as LSD and mescaline, that produce hallucinations, symptoms of a psychotic state, and, sometimes, chromosomal breaks

Etymology: < psychotic + -o- + mimetic

noun

a psychotomimetic drug

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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