depressant
UK /dɪˈpɹɛsənt/ US /dɪˈpɹɛsənt/
noun 2adj 1
Definitions
noun
1
A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity.
Alcohol acts first as a stimulant and then as a depressant.
The prescription painkiller Emily Jackson took is a respiratory depressant that slows breathing. That in combination with the alcohol, another respiratory depressant, overwhelmed her brain, which stopped giving her heart and lungs the signal to keep functioning.
2
An agent that inhibits the flotation of a mineral or minerals.
adj
1
Reducing functional or nervous activity.
the conception of the asomatous depressant malaria
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