ataractic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀτάρακτος (atáraktos, “intrepid”), from ταράσσω (tarássō).

Adjective

ataractic (comparative more ataractic, superlative most ataractic)

1. (pharmacology) That has a tranquilizing effect.
   • 2013, Einar Kringlen, Heredity and Environment in the Functional Psychoses, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 180:

     Later on he was treated by the same psychiatrist with ataractic drugs.

Translations

tranquilizing

• Finnish: rauhoittava (fi), ataraktinen

Noun

ataractic (plural ataractics)

1. (pharmacology) A drug that is used to tranquilize; a tranquilizer.

Related terms

• ataraxy

Translations

tranquilizer

• Finnish: atarakti
• French: tranquillisant (fr) m