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depressant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /dɪˈpɹɛsənt/ (UK, US)
Etymology
Etymology tree
English depress
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Latin -ns
Latin -āns
Old French -antbor.
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Proto-Germanic *-ndz
Proto-West Germanic *-andī
Old English -ende
Middle English -ant
English -ant
English depressant
From depress + -ant.
Meanings
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Reducing functional or nervous activity.
the conception of the asomatous depressant malaria
1876, Alfred Alexander Woodhull, Studies, chiefly clinical […] :
Forms
depressant en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- (US) audio
- /dɪˈpɹɛsənt/ (UK, US)
Etymology
Etymology tree
English depress
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Latin -ns
Latin -āns
Old French -antbor.
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Proto-Germanic *-ndz
Proto-West Germanic *-andī
Old English -ende
Middle English -ant
English -ant
English depressant
From depress + -ant.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity.
The prescription painkiller Emily Jackson took is a respiratory depressant that slows breathing. That in combination with the alcohol, another respiratory depressant, overwhelmed her brain, which stopped giving her heart and lungs the signal to keep functioning.
2012 November 15, Maxwell Newfield, “Prescription drug deaths: Two stories”, in CNN:Alcohol acts first as a stimulant and then as a depressant.
On the opposite end of the drug side effect spectrum are downers. This slang term refers to CNS depressants, the types of drugs that produce a sedative effect by slowing down the messages sent and received between the central nervous system and the brain.
2024 April 10 [2020 August 27], Nick B., “Which Drugs Are Uppers And Downers?”, in The Freedom Center:
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(countable, uncountable) An agent that inhibits the flotation of a mineral or minerals.
Forms
Deriveds
cardiodepressant · immunodepressant · prodepressant · antidepressant · manic-depressant · neurodepressant
Translations (14)
ga dúlagrán (substance which decreases physiological activity) · id depresan (substance which decreases physiological activity) · ko 억제제 (substance which decreases physiological activity) · hi अवसादक (substance which decreases physiological activity) · fi depressantti (substance which decreases physiological activity) · cy iselydd (substance which decreases physiological activity) · ms ڤننڠ (substance which decreases physiological activity) · mi pūroi haupēhi (substance which decreases physiological activity) · id penenang (substance which decreases physiological activity) · fa سرکوبکننده (substance which decreases physiological activity) · hi अवनमक (substance which decreases physiological activity) · ms depresen (substance which decreases physiological activity) · cmn 镇静剂 (substance which decreases physiological activity) · fi lamaute (substance which decreases physiological activity)