depressant

noun
/dɪˈpɹɛsənt/UK

Etymology

From depress + -ant.

  1. derived from dēpressus
  2. derived from depresser
  3. inherited from depressen
  4. formed as depressant — “depress + -ant

Definitions

  1. A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity.

    • Alcohol acts first as a stimulant and then as a depressant.
  2. An agent that inhibits the flotation of a mineral or minerals.

  3. 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