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analeptic
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 That restores or stimulates health. 2 Of or relating to analepsis (form of flashback). n. A restorative or stimulative medication, especially one used to overcome depression.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An analeptic , in medicine , is a central nervous system stimulant . The term analeptic typically refers to respiratory analeptics (for example, doxapram ). Analeptics are central nervous system stimulants that include a wide variety of medications used ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Analeptic \An`a*lep"tic\, a. [Gr. ? restorative: cf. F. analeptique. See Analepsis .] (Med.) Restorative; giving strength after disease. -- n. A restorative.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, "restorative, strengthening" (in medicine), from Greek analeptikos "restorative," from analambanein "to receive, take up in one's hands" (see analemma ). Related: Analeptical (1610s).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. stimulating the central nervous system; "an analeptic drug stimulates the central nervous system" n. a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system
Usage examples of analeptic.
But it might be better if you got him to a vet and had him given an analeptic, a respiratory stimulant.
It must have a secret ingredient, she reckons, that adds to her sluggish blood a squirt of analeptic or even a stimulant.
The frequent vomiting made it impossible to administer remedies by the stomach, and, in spite of hypodermic injections and external application of analeptics, the boy died fifty hours after operation.