HALLUCINOGEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hallucinogen mean? 

• HALLUCINOGEN (noun)
  The noun HALLUCINOGEN has 1 sense:

1. a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences

  Familiarity information: HALLUCINOGEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HALLUCINOGEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hallucinogen; hallucinogenic drug; psychedelic drug; psychodelic drug

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

consciousness-altering drug; mind-altering drug; psychoactive drug; psychoactive substance (a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hallucinogen"):

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; PCP; phencyclidine; phencyclidine hydrochloride (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)

salvinorin (a hallucinogen obtained from Salvia divinorum)

Derivation:

hallucinogenic (capable of producing hallucinations)

 Context examples 

The determination of the amount of any hallucinogen present in a sample.

(Hallucinogen Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Still this test only identifies the presence or absence of this specific class of toxin; it does not detect other compounds such as hallucinogens or toxins that cause other gastrointestinal or neurological symptoms.

(New Test Identifies Poisonous Mushrooms, Agricultural Research Service)

A hallucinogen formerly used as a veterinary anesthetic, and briefly as a general anesthetic for humans.

(Phencyclidine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Controlled substances include opioids, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, and anabolic steroids.

(Controlled substance, NCI Dictionary)