Muscimol

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmÊŒskɪmÉ’l/, /ˈmÊŒsɪmÉ’l/

Origin

From German Muscimol, formed from Latin muscarius (in Amanita muscaria) + imine + -ol.

Full definition of muscimol

Noun

1. (biochemistry) A hallucinogenic alkaloid present in the fly agaric and other related fungi; 3-hydroxy-5-aminomethylisoxazole. from 20th c.
• 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest, Abacus 2013, p. 66:The organopsychedelic muscimole, an isoxazole-alkaloid derived from Amanita muscaria, a.k.a. the fly agaric mushroom ….