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DOMThis drug's street name is STP. During the hippie drug culture of the Vietnam war period, its name referred to "serenity, tranquility, and peace." This was also a taunt and a spoof, since the initials were the same as a widely available oil additive that made an automobile engine run smoothly. The drug DOM is a member of a family of Hallucinogenic substances based on molecular additions to phenethylamine. This is a group of compounds that have structural similarities to the catecholamine-type Neurotransmitters, such as Norepinephrine, epinephrine, and Dopamine. While our bodies make these catecholamines from dietary amino acids, they do not make the chemical substitutions that produce a Psychedelic compound. Mescaline is the best and longest known of this family of Hallucinogens. DOM is a synthesized compound that produces effects similar to mescaline and Lysergic Acid Di-Ethylamide (LSD), but the effects of DOM can last for fourteen to twenty hours, much longer than those of LSD. In addition, the effects of DOM have a very slow onset. Some of the initial street users of DOM had previous experience with LSD, a drug with a much more rapid onset. When the typical LSD-type effects were not found soon after taking DOM, some users took more drug, which led to a very intense and long-lasting psychedelic experience. Ironically, DOM was originally manufactured in the hope of producing a shorter, less-intense trip than LSD, which, it was thought, might be more useful and manageable in producing a period of insight and self-reflection in psychotherapy. This hope was never achieved. (See also: Designer Drugs ; Dimethyltryptamine ) BIBLIOGRAPHYShulgin, A., & Shulgin, A. (1991). PIHKAL: A chemical love story. Berkeley, CA: Transform Press. Daniel X. Freedman R. N. Pechnick |
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FREEDMAN, DANIEL X.; PECHNICK, R. N.. "Dom." Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. FREEDMAN, DANIEL X.; PECHNICK, R. N.. "Dom." Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3403100164.html FREEDMAN, DANIEL X.; PECHNICK, R. N.. "Dom." Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior. 2001. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3403100164.html |
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Dom / däm/ • n. 1. a title prefixed to the names of some Roman Catholic dignitaries and Benedictine and Carthusian monks: Dom Bede Griffiths. 2. Portuguese form of don1 (sense 2). |
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"Dom." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Dom." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-dom.html "Dom." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-dom.html |
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A. Pg. title of dignity; B. title prefixed to the name of Benedictines and Carthusians XVIII. In A, — Pg. dom :- L. dominus master (spec. of a household), f. domus house. In B, shortening of L. dominus. |
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T. F. HOAD. "dom." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "dom." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dom.html T. F. HOAD. "dom." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-dom.html |
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Dom a title prefixed to the name of some Roman Catholic dignitaries and Benedictine and Carthusian monks, coming from Latin dominus ‘master’.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Dom." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Dom." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Dom.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Dom." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Dom.html |
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Dom , peak, 14,942 ft (4,554 m) high, Valais canton, S Switzerland, in the Mischabelhörner group. It is the highest peak entirely in Switzerland. |
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"Dom." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Dom." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Dom.html "Dom." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Dom.html |
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Dom (abbreviation of Dominus, ‘Master’). A title given to professed monks of the Benedictine and some other orders.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Dom." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Dom." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Dom.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Dom." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Dom.html |
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DOM, i.e. Deo Optimo Maximo (Lat., ‘to God, the Best and Greatest’). Originally a pagan formula addressed to Jupiter, it came to be used with a Christian application over the doors of churches and on sepulchral monuments.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "DOM." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "DOM." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-DOM.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "DOM." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-DOM.html |
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•aplomb, bomb, bombe, CD-ROM, dom, from, glom, mom, pom, prom, Rom, shalom, Somme, therefrom, Thom, tom, wherefrom
•stink bomb • firebomb • sitcom
•Telecom • non-com • intercom
•coulomb • pompom • tomtom
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"dom." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "dom." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-dom.html "dom." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-dom.html |
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