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Definition: Analeptic |
AnalepticAdjective1. Stimulating the central nervous system; "an analeptic drug stimulates the central nervous system". Noun1. A medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Analeptic \An`a*lep"tic\, adjective. [Greek expression restorative: compare to the French expression analeptique. See Analepsis.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A drug which acts as a restorative, such as caffeine, amphetamine, pentylenetetrazol, etc. (references) |
Medicine | A drug used to restore the respiration and arouse from consciousness. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Adjective: remedial; restorative; corrective, palliative, healing; sanatory, sanative; prophylactic, preventative, immunizing; salutiferous; (salutary); medical, medicinal; therapeutic, chirurgical, epulotic, paregoric, tonic, corroborant, analeptic, balsamic, anodyne, hypnotic, neurotic, narcotic, sedative, lenitive, demulcent, emollient; depuratory; detersive, detergent; abstersive, disinfectant, febrifugal, alterative; traumatic, vulnerary. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "analeptic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | دواء مقو. (various references) | |
Danish | analeptisk (restorative, stimulant), analeptika (stimulants), stimulerende (restorative, stimulant), opkvikkende middel (kick, stimulant). (various references) | |
Dutch | analepticum (kick, stimulant). (various references) | |
Farsi | محرک روحی , نیروبخش روانی . (various references) | |
Finnish | kardiovaskulaarinen analeptikumi (cardiovascular analeptic), kardiovaskulaarinen analepti (cardiovascular analeptic). (various references) | |
French | analeptique. (various references) | |
German | Anregungsmittel (stimulant, stimulants), analeptisch (restorative, stimulant), Analeptikum, Weckmittel (cerebral stimulants, kick, stimulant), Belebungsmittel (kick, stimulant). (various references) | |
Greek | αναληπτικός (restorative, stimulant), αναληπτικό (kick, stimulant), διεγερτικό (kick). (various references) | |
Hungarian | élénkítő szer, élénkítő (stimulant). (various references) | |
Italian | analettico (kick, restorative, stimulant). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | analepticay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | analéptico (kick, restorative, stimulant). (various references) | |
Spanish | analéptico (restorative, stimulant). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | зміцнюючий засіб (bracer), зміцнюючий (cordial, invigorative, restorative), збуджуючий засіб, збуджуючий (excitant, exciting, oversexed). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thuốc tăng sức. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "analeptic": analeptics. (additional references) | |
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"Analeptic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amalepsis, anacletan, analeti, anaseptic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "analeptic" (pronounced 'An`a*lep"tic'): Absolutistic, Acatalectic, Acataleptic, Acephalocystic, Acetic, Acherontic, Acroteleutic, Adiaphoristic, Agrestic, Albinistic, Altruistic, Amnestic, Amphiblastic, Amyloplastic, Anacamptic, Anacathartic, Anachronistic, Anaclastic, Anaglyptic, Analectic, Anamnestic, Anapestic, Anaplastic, Anapodeictic, Anastaltic, Anatreptic, Animistic, Annalistic, Antapoplectic, Antarctic, Antephialtic, Antepileptic, Anthelmintic, Antiapoplectic, Anticlastic, Antiephialtic, Antiepileptic, Antigalastic, Antiorgastic, Antiperistaltic, Antiplastic, Antiscorbutic, Antispastic, Antonomastic, Antorgastic, Aoristic, Aortic, Aphlogistic, Aphotic, Aplastic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-n-p-t" | |
-1 letter: analcite, laitance, palatine, placenta. | |
-2 letters: actinal, capelan, capelin, capital, captain, lactean, panicle, pantile, patinae, pelican, picante, placate, planate, platane, platina, plicate. | |
-3 letters: acetal, acetin, aecial, alpine, anlace, apical, aplite, apneal, apneic, atelic, canape, cantle, capita, caplet, caplin, captan, catena, catlin, catnap, catnip, centai, cental, client, enatic, entail, epical, incept, inlace, lanate, lancet, lectin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-i-l-n-p-t" | |
+1 letter: analeptics, paniculate. | |
+3 letters: analphabetic, antiparticle, kleptomaniac, paleobotanic, pedantically, placentation, speciational. | |
+4 letters: analphabetics, anticipatable, antiparticles, cephalization, coplanarities, encapsulating, encapsulation, expectational, kleptomaniacs, nonalphabetic, paleomagnetic, pantheistical, parenthetical, paternalistic, placentations, plantocracies, pneumatically, practicalness, prevocational, reapplication, uncapitalized. | |
+5 letters: antineoplastic, antiseptically, cephalizations, compensational, encapsulations, ethnographical, incapabilities, interparochial, paleobotanical, phthalocyanine, planetological, platinocyanide, pleonastically, reapplications, recapitalizing, recapitulating, recapitulation, specialisation, specialization, unemphatically. | |
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