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Definition of Ritalin in English: Ritalinnoun ˈrɪtəlɪnˈridələn mass nountrademark A synthetic drug that stimulates the sympathetic and central nervous systems, used chiefly to improve mental activity in attention deficit disorder. Also called methylphenidate Example sentencesExamples - The presenter had argued he knew several people who were helped by anti-depressants and suggested the drugs, including popular medication Ritalin, could benefit some sufferers.
- There has been a world-wide tendency to define students that have so-called learning difficulties as Attention Deficit Disordered and treat those with psycho-stimulant drugs such as Ritalin.
- Throughout the '90s, the number of kids on mood-altering drugs like Prozac and Ritalin doubled and, in some cases, tripled.
- The Ritalin eliminated the nocturnal hallucinations but they also destroyed Tom's appetite and imagination.
- She had attention-deficit disorder and the Ritalin she took wore off by the time she got home from school.
Origin 1940s: apparently from Rita, the nickname of Marguerite Panizzon, an early tester of the drug and the wife of the Italian-born Swiss chemist Leandro Panizzon, who first synthesized it, + -in. Definition of Ritalin in US English: Ritalinnounˈridələn trademark A synthetic drug that stimulates the sympathetic and central nervous systems, used chiefly to improve mental activity in attention deficit disorder. Also called methylphenidate Example sentencesExamples - There has been a world-wide tendency to define students that have so-called learning difficulties as Attention Deficit Disordered and treat those with psycho-stimulant drugs such as Ritalin.
- Throughout the '90s, the number of kids on mood-altering drugs like Prozac and Ritalin doubled and, in some cases, tripled.
- The Ritalin eliminated the nocturnal hallucinations but they also destroyed Tom's appetite and imagination.
- The presenter had argued he knew several people who were helped by anti-depressants and suggested the drugs, including popular medication Ritalin, could benefit some sufferers.
- She had attention-deficit disorder and the Ritalin she took wore off by the time she got home from school.
Origin 1940s: apparently from Rita, the nickname of Marguerite Panizzon, an early tester of the drug and the wife of the Italian-born Swiss chemist Leandro Panizzon, who first synthesized it, + -in. |