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ANALEPTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does analeptic mean?
• ANALEPTIC (noun)
The noun ANALEPTIC has 1 sense:
1. a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system
Familiarity information: ANALEPTIC used as a noun is very rare.
• ANALEPTIC (adjective)
The adjective ANALEPTIC has 1 sense:
1. stimulating the central nervous system
Familiarity information: ANALEPTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("analeptic" is a kind of...):
excitant; stimulant; stimulant drug (a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process)
Derivation:
analeptic (stimulating the central nervous system)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stimulating the central nervous system
Context example:
an analeptic drug stimulates the central nervous system
Similar:
stimulative (capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent)
Derivation:
analeptic (a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system)
Context examples
A respiratory stimulant with analeptic activity.
(Doxapram, NCI Thesaurus)
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