analeptic
American Heritage Dictionary:
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an·a·lep·tic
(ăn'ə-lĕp'tĭk) 
adj.
Restorative or stimulating, as a drug or medication.
n.
A medication used as a central nervous system stimulant.
adj.
Restorative or stimulating, as a drug or medication.
n.
A medication used as a central nervous system stimulant.
[Greek analēptikos, from analambanein, to take up : ana-, ana- + lambanein, lēp-, to take.]
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A drug used to stimulate the nervous system and restore consciousness to a patient in a coma or a faint. Analeptics act mainly on the cardiac and respiratory control centres in the brain. They include adrenaline, caffeine, camphor, ephedrine, and strychnine.
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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analeptic
1. a drug that acts as a stimulant to the central nervous system, such as caffeine and amphetamine.
2. a restorative medicine.
Mosby's Dental Dictionary:
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analeptic
(an′əlep′tik)
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1. an agent that acts to overcome depression of the central nervous system. n 2. a strong central nervous system stimulant that is used to restore consciousness, especially from a drug-induced coma.
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Analeptic
An analeptic, in medicine, is a central nervous system stimulant medication. The term analeptic may also refer specifically to a respiratory analeptic (for example, doxapram), a drug that acts on the central nervous system to stimulate the breathing muscles, improving respiration.[1]
Historically, the term has referred to "a restorative, or remedies proper to restore the body, when wasted or emaciated by disease or hunger."[2]
References
- ^ "Analeptic". A Dictionary of Nursing. Encyclopedia.com (mirror). 2008. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-analeptic.html. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 1728.
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