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S: SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/analeptic (last access: 10 January 2025); RESG – https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322683288_Coramine_and_Other_Analeptics (last access: 10 January 2025).
N: 1. 1660s, in medicine, “restorative, invigorating, strengthening,” from Latinized form of Greek analeptikos “restorative,” from analambanein “to restore, repair,” literally “take up,” from ana “up” (see ana-) + lambanein “to take”. Related to the word: Analeptical (1610s).
2. analeptic. Greek analēptikos, from analambanein. The first known use of analeptic was in 1671.
- As an adjective: of, relating to, or acting as an analeptic.
- As a noun: a restorative agent; especially: a drug that acts as a stimulant on the central nervous system.
3. Medication: analeptic (adjective).
- Said of a restorative drug that acts as a stimulant to the central nervous system.
- Caffeine and amphetamine are examples of analeptic drugs.
4. Nervous System; Medication: analeptic (noun).
- A restorative agent : esp : a drug that acts as a stimulant on the central nervous system.
S: 1. Etymonline –https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=analeptic (last access: 10 January 2025). 2. MW – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analeptic (last access: 10 January 2025). 3 & 4. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=analeptic&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 10 January 2025).
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CR: flashback, nikethamide, recurrence.
