What does tetrahydrocannabinol mean?
Definitions for tetrahydrocannabinol
ˌtɛ trəˌhaɪ drə kəˈnæb əˌnɔltetrahy·dro·cannabi·nol
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Princeton's WordNet
tetrahydrocannabinol, THCnoun
psychoactive substance present in marijuana
Wiktionary
tetrahydrocannabinolnoun
The psychoactive substance present in cannabis, a hydrogenated derivative of cannabinol.
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Tetrahydrocannabinol
Tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, is the principal psychoactive constituent of the cannabis plant. First isolated in 1964, in its pure form, by Israeli scientists Raphael Mechoulam, Yechiel Gaoni and colleagues at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, it is a glassy solid when cold, and becomes viscous and sticky if warmed. A pharmaceutical formulation of THC, known by its INN dronabinol, is available by prescription in the U.S. and Canada under the brand name Marinol. An aromatic terpenoid, THC has a very low solubility in water, but good solubility in most organic solvents, specifically lipids and alcohols. Like most pharmacologically-active secondary metabolites of plants, THC in cannabis is assumed to be involved in self-defense, perhaps against herbivores. THC also possesses high UV-B absorption properties, which, it has been speculated, could protect the plant from harmful UV radiation exposure.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Tetrahydrocannabinol
A psychoactive compound extracted from the resin of Cannabis sativa (marihuana, hashish). The isomer delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is considered the most active form, producing characteristic mood and perceptual changes associated with this compound. Dronabinol is a synthetic form of delta-9-THC.
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The numerical value of tetrahydrocannabinol in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
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The numerical value of tetrahydrocannabinol in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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Translations for tetrahydrocannabinol
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- تتراهيدروكانابينولArabic
- тетрахидроканабинолBulgarian
- tetrahidrocannabinolCatalan, Valencian
- tetrahydrocannabinolCzech
- tetrahydrocannabinolWelsh
- tetrahydrocannabinolDanish
- TetrahydrocannabinolGerman
- τετραϋδροκανναβινόληGreek
- tetrahidrocannabinolEsperanto
- tetrahidrocannabinolSpanish
- تتراهیدروکانابینولPersian
- tetrahydrokannabinoliFinnish
- tétrahydrocannabinolFrench
- tetrahidrocannabinolGalician
- טטרה-הידרו-קנאבינולHebrew
- tetrahydrocannabinolHindi
- tetrahidrokannabinolHungarian
- tetrahydrocannabinolIndonesian
- tetraidrocannabinoloItalian
- テトラヒドロカンナビノールJapanese
- ಟೆಟ್ರಾಹೈಡ್ರೊಕಾನ್ನಬಿನಾಲ್Kannada
- tetrahydrocannabinolLatin
- tetrahidrokanabinolisLithuanian
- tetrahydrocannabinolDutch
- tetrahydrocannabinolNorwegian
- tetrahydrokannabinolPolish
- tetraidrocanabinolPortuguese
- tetrahidrocannabinolRomanian
- тетрагидроканнабинолRussian
- тетрахидроканабинол, tetrahidrokanabinolSerbo-Croatian
- tetrahydrokanabinolSlovak
- tetrahidrokanabinolSlovene
- tetrahydrocannabinolSwedish
- เตตร้าไฮโดรแคนนาบินอลThai
- tetrahidrokanabinolTurkish
- тетрагідроканнабінолUkrainian
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