depressant
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de·pres·sant
(dĭ-prĕs′ənt)adj.
Tending to lower the rate of vital physiological activities.
n.
An agent, especially a drug, that decreases the rate of vital physiological activities.
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depressant
(dɪˈprɛsənt)adj
1. (Pharmacology) med able to diminish or reduce nervous or functional activity
2. (Psychology) causing gloom or dejection; depressing
n
(Pharmacology) a depressant drug
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de•pres•sant
(dɪˈprɛs ənt)adj.
1. tending to slow the activity of one or more bodily systems.
n. 2. a drug or other agent that reduces irritability or excitement; sedative.
[1875–80]
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| Noun | 1. | depressant - a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person chloral hydrate - a colorless crystalline drug used as a sedative; irritates the stomach and can be addictive drug of abuse, street drug - a drug that is taken for nonmedicinal reasons (usually for mind-altering effects); drug abuse can lead to physical and mental damage and (with some substances) dependence and addiction Doriden, glutethimide - sedative (trade name Doriden) used to treat some sleep disorders medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease sedative-hypnotic, sedative-hypnotic drug - a sedative that depresses activity of the central nervous system and reduces anxiety and induces sleep |
| Adj. | 1. | depressant - capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent stimulative - capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
depressant
[dɪˈprɛsənt] n (MEDICINE) → dépresseur mCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
depressant
n → Beruhigungsmittel nt, → Sedativ(um) nt (spec)
adj → beruhigend, dämpfend, sedativ (spec)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
de·pres·sant
n. depresor; tranquilizante;
___ drug → medicamento tranquilizante.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
depressant
adj depresorEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.