depressant









depressant


adjective

  1. Medicine/Medical. having the quality of depressing or lowering the vital activities; sedative.
  2. causing a lowering in spirits; dejecting.
  3. causing a drop in value; economically depressing.

noun

  1. Medicine/Medical. a sedative.Compare stimulant(def 1).
  2. Chemistry. any agent capable of diminishing a specific property of a substance.

adjective

  1. med able to diminish or reduce nervous or functional activity
  2. causing gloom or dejection; depressing

noun

  1. a depressant drug
n.

“sedative,” 1876 as a noun, 1887 as an adjective; see depress + -ant.

adj.

  1. Tending to lower the rate of vital physiological activities.

n.

  1. An agent, especially a drug, that decreases the rate of vital physiological activities.
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