piracetam

English

Etymology

Blend of pyrrolidine +‎ acetamide. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

piracetam (uncountable)

1. A nootropic drug, 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine acetamide.
   • 2012 January 30, Ari LeVaux, “Experimenting With Nootropics to Increase Mental Capacity, Clarity”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     Nootropics also include extracted and purified components of medicinal plants, as well as substances synthesized from chemical precursors, such as piracetam, the world's first official nootropic (piracetam was created in 1964 in Belgium by a team of scientists whose leader, Dr. Corneliu E. Giurgea, coined the term).

Anagrams

• aptameric, metacarpi, picramate