depressant
noun/dɪˈpɹɛsənt/UK
Etymology
From depress + -ant.
Definitions
A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity.
- Alcohol acts first as a stimulant and then as a depressant.
An agent that inhibits the flotation of a mineral or minerals.
Reducing functional or nervous activity.
- the conception of the asomatous depressant malaria
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for depressant. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA