Definition of "anxiolytic" [anxiolytic]

• Preventing or reducing anxiety; antianxiety. (adjective)
• An antianxiety medication; a tranquilizer. (noun)

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• "Endocannabinoids mediate anxiolytic-like effect of acetaminophen via CB1 receptors."
• "Mortality hazard associated with anxiolytic and hypnotic drug use in the national population health survey."
• "The acute antipanic and anxiolytic activity of aerobic exercise in patients with panic disorder and healthy control subjects."