methylenedioxypyrovalerone
noun
meth·y·lene·di·oxy·py·ro·val·e·rone
| \ ˌme-thə-ˌlēn-(ˌ)dī-ˌäk-sē-ˌpī-rō-ˈva-lə-ˌrōn
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also 3,4-methylenedioxypyrovalerone
Medical Definition of methylenedioxypyrovalerone
: mdpv
Of the 12 bath salts tested for the Star Tribune, nine contained methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), a potent stimulant that is not approved for medical use in the United States and was first seized by legal authorities in Germany in 2007, according to the DEA. — Larry Oakes, The Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 4 Sept. 2011