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- adjective Used in designation of
lysergic acid ,lysergic acid diethylamide .
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The word lysergic, Hill tells is, “also is made up Greek.”
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The word lysergic, Hill tells is, “also is made up Greek.”
Are You Smart Enough to Understand Geoffrey Hill? « One-Minute Book Reviews 2007
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All these alkaloids have a basic component in common called lysergic acid.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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All these alkaloids have a basic component in common called lysergic acid.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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He began by manipulating its basic nucleus, a compound known as lysergic acid, the fundamental building block of all the ergot alkaloids.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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He began by manipulating its basic nucleus, a compound known as lysergic acid, the fundamental building block of all the ergot alkaloids.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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This was brought home sharply in 1954 when it was discovered (accidentally) that a drug called lysergic acid diethylamide could be used to produce hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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Others began experimenting with drugs such as lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
1965-66 2001
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Fadiman believes that psychedelic molecules such as lysergic acid diethylamide are potential blessings cast into the shadows by hysteria in the 1960s and thus almost wholly lost to legal use, and thus to science, for close to half a century.
Craig K. Comstock: Guided Psychedelic Sessions Craig K. Comstock 2012
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Fadiman believes that psychedelic molecules such as lysergic acid diethylamide are potential blessings cast into the shadows by hysteria in the 1960s and thus almost wholly lost to legal use, and thus to science, for close to half a century.
Craig K. Comstock: Guided Psychedelic Sessions Craig K. Comstock 2012
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