ADAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Adam mean? 

• ADAM (noun)
  The noun ADAM has 3 senses:

1. (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race

2. Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792)

3. street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

  Familiarity information: ADAM used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))

Domain category:

Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Adam; Robert Adam

Instance hypernyms:

architect; designer (someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Adam; cristal; disco biscuit; ecstasy; go; hug drug; X; XTC

Hypernyms ("Adam" is a kind of...):

MDMA; methylenedioxymethamphetamine (a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States)

 Context examples 

Adam said it was a huge relief not to have to undergo chemotherapy.

(Study Shows Chemotherapy Not Needed To Treat Many Breast Cancers, Carol Pearson/VOA)

When both forms are present the condition is referred to as mixed sleep apnea (see SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES). (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p395; Neurol Clin 1996;14(3):611-28)

(Central Sleep Apnea Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Remember that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Are we not all from Adam's loins, all with flesh and blood, and with the same mouth that must needs have food and drink?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

One Adams, who was the head-boy, then stepped out of his place and welcomed me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

On the one shelf at the library he found Karl Marx, Ricardo, Adam Smith, and Mill, and the abstruse formulas of the one gave no clew that the ideas of another were obsolete.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Nocturnal myoclonus may represent a normal physiologic event or occur as the principal feature of the NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp102-3).

(Myoclonic jerk, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

They include: • Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), also known as Ecstasy XTC, X, E, Adam, Molly, Hug Beans, and Love Drug • Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), also known as G, Liquid Ecstasy, and Soap • Ketamine, also known as Special K, K, Vitamin K, and Jet • Rohypnol, also known as Roofies • Methamphetamine, also known as Speed, Ice, Chalk, Meth, Crystal, Crank, and Glass • Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), also known as Acid, Blotter, and Dots

(Club Drugs, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

Yes, it was Adams.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Inflammation of the brain, spinal cord, and meninges may occur and lead to transient or permanent neurologic deficits (including a POLIOMYELITIS-like presentation); SEIZURES; COMA; and death. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p751; Lancet 1998 Apr 11;351(9109):1094-7)

(Japanese B Encephalitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)