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Definition of "analeptic" []

  • Restorative or stimulating, as a drug or medication. (adjective)
  • A medication used as a central nervous system stimulant. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "analeptic" in a sentence
  • "Together with another, five years older pharmacologist, named Folke Serin, I studied the action of another "analeptic", i.e. nikethamide, and discovered a circadian rhythm in its lethal action."
  • "I had planned the synthesis of this compound with the intention of obtaining a circulatory and respiratory stimulant an analeptic."
  • "Such stimulating properties could be expected for lysergic acid diethylamide, because it shows similarity in chemical structure to the analeptic already known at that time, namely nicotinic acid diethylamide Coramine."