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psychotropic

adj
/ˌsaɪkəˈtɹɒpɪk/

Etymology

From psycho- + -tropic.

  1. borrowed from τροπικός
  2. formed as psychotropic — “psycho- + -tropic”

Definitions

  1. Affecting the mind or mental processes.

    • “Medication can be part of a psychotropic arsenal,” he said, discussing one therapist who urged him to stop taking Xanax so he could address his anxiety directly and not mask the physical symptoms.

  2. A psychotropic drug or agent.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for psychotropic. 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