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Meanings of depressant in English

Portuguese
sedativo
Catalan
calmant
Spanish
sedante

A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person.

sedativo
Russian
депрессант
Portuguese
depressantes do sistema nervoso central
Spanish
depresor del snc
Catalan
depressores

Drug or endogenous compound that lowers neurotransmission levels.

депрессант

Capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent.

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Examples for "stimulative"
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However, the stimulative and depressive effects of environment are even more significant.
The Glands Regulating Personality / A Study of the Glands of Int...
2
Five said it would be stimulative and none said very stimulative.
Reuters
3
More money printing will help Japan a bit, and is generally stimulative everywhere.
Reuters
4
A net 51 percent of respondents said monetary policy was actually too stimulative.
Reuters
5
But they resulted from a historic financial crisis, a recession and stimulative spending.
Reuters
Usage of depressant in English
1
The effect acted like a mild depressant program or a communal virus.
The Neutronium Alchemist
2
In contrast, M6G had a preferential depressant effect within the peripheral chemoreflex loop.
Pubmed
3
Morphine had a preferential depressant effect within the central chemoreflex loop.
Pubmed
4
Thus, rectification or blockade of myocardial depressant factors should partly ameliorate sepsis progression.
Pubmed
5
Contractility, however, was normal and no evidence of a uremia-associated myocardial depressant was found.
Pubmed
6
Friends tell me that physical exertion is an appetite depressant.
Death du Jour
7
Success is a great tonic, and failure a great depressant.
Pushing to the Front
8
With high doses the depressant effect was long-lasting and the animals showed signs of toxicity.
Pubmed
9
You're the one who told me alcohol's a depressant.
Lit: a memoir
10
Some of these compounds showed remarkable depressant, antiarrhythmic and analgesic activities in mice and rats.
Pubmed
11
Hypoxia exerts a profound depressant effect on fetal growth, lowering birth weight, and raising mortality risk.
Pubmed
12
Background and objectives: The depressant activity on sympathetic tone of subarachnoid anesthetic block is well known.
Pubmed
13
Morphine also has a depressant effect on the respiratory system-toomuch will literally stop your breathing.
The Science of Battlestar Galactica
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First, we tested if D-penicillamine was able to modify the depressant effects of acetaldehyde on behavior.
Pubmed
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These depressant effects were not modified by naloxone.
Pubmed
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When combined with any active drug, sodium seems to make it less toxic and less depressant.
Disturbances of the Heart / Discussion of the Treatment of the H...