'Depressant' definitions:
Definition of 'depressant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent [ant: stimulative]
noun
A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person [syn: sedative, sedative drug, depressant, downer]
Definition of 'Depressant'
From: GCIDE
- Depressant \De*press"ant\, n. (Med.) An agent or remedy which lowers the vital powers. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Depressant'
- Depress,
- Depressed,
- Depressing,
- Depressingly,
- Depression,
- Depressive,
- Depressiveness,
- Angle of depression,
- Depression of the dewpoint,
- Depression of the pole,
- To depress the pole,
- agitated depression,
- anaclitic depression,
- clinical depression,
- depressed fracture,
- depressive disorder,
- dysthymic depression,
- endogenous depression,
- exogenous depression,
- great depression,
- involutional depression,
- manic depression,
- manic depressive,
- natural depression,
- neurotic depression,
- psychotic depression,
- reactive depression,
- retarded depression,
- unipolar depression,
- Depression of the visible horizon,
- major depressive episode,
- manic depressive illness,
- manic-depressive,
- manic-depressive psychosis