Adam
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(ăd'əm) 
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the neoclassic style of furniture and architecture originated by Robert and James Adam.
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the neoclassic style of furniture and architecture originated by Robert and James Adam.
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noun
noun, orig US
The hallucinogenic drug MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine), associated in the UK with the acid house culture; = ecstasynoun . (1985 —) .
Observer 'Ecstasy'—also known as 'MDMA' or 'Adam'—has been reported on sale in Bath, Bristol and Cardiff (1988).
[Prob. a reversal and partial respelling of the chemical name MDMA, perh. influenced by the first Adam's connections with Paradise.]
noun, orig US
The hallucinogenic drug MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine), associated in the UK with the acid house culture; = ecstasy
Observer 'Ecstasy'—also known as 'MDMA' or 'Adam'—has been reported on sale in Bath, Bristol and Cardiff (1988).
[Prob. a reversal and partial respelling of the chemical name MDMA, perh. influenced by the first Adam's connections with Paradise.]
| Acapulco gold, Abyssinia, Abo | |
| Adam-and-Eve, Adrian Quist, Afghanistanism |
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abbr. for a disintegrin and metalloproteinase; any of a large family of zinc-binding cell-surface transmembrane proteins that contain a disintegrin and a metalloproteinase domain. Such proteins are presumed to have roles in cell fusion, cell adhesion, and cell signaling.
| AD, AChE, ACh | |
| ADAM-10, ADAM-17, ADAM-33 |
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