Also known as: amp., amp..
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An amphetamine is a psychostimulant drug, based on the chemical formula C9H13N. Amphetamine is contraction of alphamethyl-phenylethylamine, which has the systematic name 1-phenylpropan-2-amine. It belongs to the phenethylamine class of molecules.
MedicalThe unit expressing the rate of flow of an electric current. One ampere is the current produced by a difference in potential of one volt across a resistance of one ohm; An electric current flowing at the rate of one coulomb per second. OR An ampere is SI unit of the rate of electron flow in an conductor. Unit of electric current. Dimension symbol of Ampere is I. OR Named after André-Marie Ampère, French mathematician and physicist, OR ampere The basic unit of electric current.
MedicalAmputation is the removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for such problems. A special case is that of congenital amputation, a congenital disorder, where fetal limbs have been cut off by constrictive bands.
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