analeptic
pronunciation
How to pronounce analeptic in British English:
UK [ænə'leptɪk]
How to pronounce analeptic in American English:
US [ænə'leptɪk]
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- Noun:
- a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system
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- Adjective:
- stimulating the central nervous system
Word Origin
- analeptic (adj.)
- 1660s, "restorative, strengthening" (in medicine), from Greek analeptikos "restorative," from analambanein "to receive, take up in one's hands" (see analemma). Related: Analeptical (1610s).
Example
- 1. An analeptic drug stimulates the central nervous system .
- 2. Objective to investigate the analeptic effect of flumazenil on old patients after general anaesthesia .