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deliriant

Word definitions for deliriant in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deliriant \De*lir"i*ant\, n. [See Delirium .] (Med.) A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna).

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Deliriants are a class of hallucinogen . The term was introduced by David F. Duncan and Robert S. Gold to distinguish these drugs from psychedelics and dissociatives , such as LSD and ketamine respectively, due to their primary effect of causing delirium ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. that which induces a medical state of frank delirium, usually in reference to a drug.

Usage examples of deliriant.

Sweating excessively Softly undid the belts on his leather briefcase, lifted the worn flap and began sifting among bottles, tubes and packets of stimulants, re-laxants, euphoriants, deliriants, sedative-hypnotics, local anesthetics and animal tranquilizers.

He lifted the briefcase onto his lap and felt around inside for the old glue bottle that contained his most extreme deliriant, a sudsy composite of lighter fluid, paint thinner, airplane glue, nail polish remover and several types of aerosol propellant.