thymoleptic

English

Etymology

From thymo- +‎ -leptic.

Noun

thymoleptic (plural thymoleptics)

1. (medicine) Any drug that modifies a patient's mood, but especially an antidepressant medication

Translations

Translations

• Russian: тимоаналептик (ru) m (timoanaleptik)

Adjective

thymoleptic (not comparable)

1. (medicine) That modifies a patient's mood
   • 1970, Carl Curt Pfeiffer, John John Raymond Smythies [eds], INTERNATIONAL REVIEW NEUROBIOLOGY, Volume 12, Academic Press, page 354:

     The thymoleptic drugs imipramine, desipramine, protriptyline, etc., are used to elevate depressive states.

Translations

Translations

• French: thymoanaleptique

Anagrams

• phytotelmic