Definition of Analeptic

1. Noun. A medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system.

Generic synonyms: Excitant, Stimulant, Stimulant Drug

2. Adjective. Stimulating the central nervous system. "An analeptic drug stimulates the central nervous system"
Similar to: Stimulative

Definition of Analeptic

1. a. Restorative; giving strength after disease.

Definition of Analeptic

1. Adjective. That restores or stimulates health. ¹

2. Noun. A restorative or stimulative medication, especially one used to overcome depression. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Analeptic

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Analeptic

1. A drug which acts as a restorative, such as caffeine, amphetamine, pentylenetetrazol, etc. Origin: Gr. Analepsis = a repairing (18 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Analeptic

analcimes
analcimic
analcite
analcites
analecta
analectic
analects
analemma
analemmas
analemmata
analemmatic
analepses
analepsis
analepsy
analept
analeptic (current term)
analeptic enema
analeptics
analgesia
analgesia algera
analgesia dolorosa
analgesias
analgesic
analgesic nephritis
analgesic nephropathy
analgesics
analgesimeter
analgetic
analgetics

Literary usage of Analeptic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Epitome of therapeutics, being a comprehensive summary of the treatment by William Domett Stone (1874)
"This must be essentially tonic and analeptic or restorative. Catarrh.—Sir THOMAS WATSON (Principles and Practice of Physic, 5th edit. 2 vols. ..."

2. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress edited by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1832)
"The specification ought to enable all the world now to use the invention ; and if the preparation of the analeptic pills were a secret, what signified an ..."

3. The London Journal of Arts and Sciences by William Newton (1832)
"The specification ought to enable all the world now to use the invention ; and if the preparation of the analeptic pills were a secret, what signified an ..."

4. Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of by John Davenport (1869)
"All food of easy and quick digestion is an analeptic, whence it follows that the same substance which is an analeptic to one person, may prove indigestible ..."

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