 depressant |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] (psychology) capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent | |
| Related terms: | stimulative narcotic soporific ataractic narcotic hypnagogic relaxant ataractic | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person | |
| Synonyms: | sedative_drug downer sedative | |
| Related terms: | medicine drug_of_abuse bromide doriden chloral_hydrate sedative-hypnotic benzodiazepine | |
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depress depression Depriest deforest depressor deprecate depressed deforestation depressive depressing depreciate Devries deprecating deprecation deprecative deprecatory de_forest depreciator defrost Defreese depreciation depreciative depreciatory depressingly depressurise depressurize debris_storm depreciating deprecatively defroster deepfreeze |
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