DISSOCIATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dissociative mean? 

• DISSOCIATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective DISSOCIATIVE has 1 sense:

1. tending to produce dissociation

  Familiarity information: DISSOCIATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISSOCIATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tending to produce dissociation

Similar:

divisible (capable of being or liable to be divided or separated)

Derivation:

dissociate (regard as unconnected)

 Context examples 

Like ketamine, it can produce a dissociative state.

(Phencyclidine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The disorder is characterized by dissociative symptoms; vivid recollections of the traumatic event; avoidance of stimuli associated with the traumatic event; and a constant state of hyperarousal for no more than one month.

(Acute Stress Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Although its mechanism of action is not well understood, ketamine appears to non-competitively block N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and agonistically bind to and activate opioid mu and sigma receptors, thereby reducing pain perception, inducing sedation, and producing dissociative anesthesia.

(Intranasal Ketamine, NCI Thesaurus)

Although its mechanism of action is not well understood, ketamine appears to non-competitively block N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and may interact with opioid mu receptors and sigma receptors, thereby reducing pain perception, inducing sedation, and producing dissociative anesthesia.

(Ketamine hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)