dimethyltryptamine
noun
di·meth·yl·tryp·ta·mine
ˌdī-ˌme-thəl-ˈtrip-tə-ˌmēn 
: a naturally occurring or easily synthesized hallucinogenic drug C12H16N2 that is chemically similar to but shorter acting than psilocybin
called also DMT
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It’s widely believed that the brain releases large amounts of dimethyltryptamine (DMT) at the time of death.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
That idea, revealed to him by his own homemade N,N,dimethyltryptamine coursing through his brain, changed everything for him.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
These are psilocybin, psilocin, dimethyltryptamine, ibogaine and mescaline.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
And atai Life Sciences is preparing to launch a phase 2 trial of the psychedelic compound dimethyltryptamine (DMT) to treat depression that will exclude patients who are also doing psychotherapy.
—Bykai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 12 Aug. 2024
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
That idea, revealed to him by his own homemade N,N,dimethyltryptamine coursing through his brain, changed everything for him.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
These are psilocybin, psilocin, dimethyltryptamine, ibogaine and mescaline.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
And atai Life Sciences is preparing to launch a phase 2 trial of the psychedelic compound dimethyltryptamine (DMT) to treat depression that will exclude patients who are also doing psychotherapy.
—Bykai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 12 Aug. 2024
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dimethyltryptamine
noun
di·meth·yl·tryp·ta·mine
-ˈtrip-tə-ˌmēn
: a naturally occurring or easily synthesized hallucinogenic drug C12H16N2 that is chemically similar to but shorter acting than psilocybin
called also DMT
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