Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hallucinogenic compound, C12H17N2O4P, obtained from mushrooms chiefly of the genus Psilocybe.
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- noun A
hallucinogenic alkaloid , C₁₂H₁₅N₂O·H₂PO₃, present in several species of Central Americanmushroom and producing effects similar toLSD .
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- noun a hallucinogenic compound obtained from a mushroom
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Test for cyanotic bruising when dried - MOST mushrooms (not all!) which contain psilocybin will generally have a grey-blue bruising on the stalk and cap.
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New York Times report, preliminary research has shown that hallucinogens - such as psilocybin, which is derived from certain mushrooms - have proven effective at treating a range of psychiatric disorders, including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and end-of-life anxiety.
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"'Shrooms" is the common name for mushrooms that contain psilocybin, which is chemically related to LSD.
Mensfitness.com 2008
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A transcendence hallucination can be triggered by neurological events like a seizure, stroke, or migraine aura; or by a drug such as psilocybin, but it also can be triggered by over or under-stimulation of the brain.
Valerie Tarico: Christian Belief Through the Lens of Cognitive Science: Part 4 of 6 2009
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I almost called it "live action" something else, a kind of psilocybin cotton candy, the sheer vertiginous beauty of which at times engenders feelings not unlike rapture of the deep.
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I almost called it "live action" something else, a kind of psilocybin cotton candy, the sheer vertiginous beauty of which at times engenders feelings not unlike rapture of the deep.
Archive 2008-05-11 2008
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After swallowing the white pill, Edlich perused an art book for about a half-hour while waiting for the psilocybin to take effect.
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One gram of psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms, is seen on a scale at New York University.
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The New York University study Edlich participated in is among a handful now going on in the United States and elsewhere with drugs like LSD, MDMA (Ecstasy) and psilocybin, the main ingredient of “magic mushrooms.”
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Buried on BBC4 when really it should be on in primetime, this appropriately mind-blowing documentary sees Michael Mosley take a trip through some of psychology's more sinister mind experiments – literally, in fact, as he's filmed taking psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms.
ricanlady commented on the word psilocybin
I found this word in an aritcle titled "Magic mushrooms may ease anxiety of cancer: study" by Julie Steenhuysen. The sentence in which it was used was "Cancer patients given a moderate dose of psilocybin -- a hallucinogen with effects similar to LSD -- were measurably less depressed six months after a single dose compared with a placebo."
September 7, 2010