nootropic
nounEtymology
Coined by Romanian psychologist and chemist Corneliu E. Giurgea in 1972, derived from the Ancient Greek words νόος (nóos, “mind”) and τροπέω (tropéō, “to turn”). By surface analysis, noo(s) + -tropic, literally “mind changing”.
Definitions
Any substance purported to increase or enhance cognitive abilities.
A drug that enhances learning and memory and lacks the usual pharmacology of other…
A drug that enhances learning and memory and lacks the usual pharmacology of other psychotropic drugs (e.g. sedation, motor stimulation) and possesses very few side effects and extremely low toxicity.
Relating to substances that enhance cognitive performance.
- It's triggered and explosion of “functional” drinks featuring adaptogenic and nootropic ingredients; plants that in some cases have been used for thousands of years to boost mood and cognitive performance.
The neighborhood
- synonymsmart drug
- synonymmemory enhancer
- neighborpsychotropic
- neighborpiracetam
- neighborcaffeine
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for nootropic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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