piracetam en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of pyrrolidine + acetamide.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A nootropic drug, 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine acetamide.
Nootropics also include extracted and purified components of medicinal plants, as well as substances synthesized from chemical precursors, such as piracetam, the world's first official nootropic (piracetam was created in 1964 in Belgium by a team of scientists whose leader, Dr. Corneliu E. Giurgea, coined the term).
2012 January 30, Ari LeVaux, “Experimenting With Nootropics to Increase Mental Capacity, Clarity”, in The Atlantic:
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Translations (1)
cmn 吡拉西坦 (a nootropic drug)