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Depressant   /dɪprˈɛsənt/   Listen
Depressant

noun
1.
A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person.  Synonyms: downer, sedative, sedative drug.
adjective
1.
Capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent.






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"Depressant" Quotes from Famous Books



... occurring from asphyxia. As in strychnine poisoning, the patient is conscious and clear-minded to the last. The only post-mortem signs are those of asphyxia. The treatment is to empty the stomach by tube or by a non-depressant emetic. The physiological antidotes are atropine and digitalin or strophanthin, which should be injected subcutaneously in maximal doses. Alcohol, strychnine and warmth must also be ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia

... Fatherland. Out of pity and compassion had been born his plan to save their limbs and perhaps their lives, and also to serve the Fatherland and the beloved Kaiser. "I have here," said the physician, "a certain heart depressant. It will slow your heart like the brake on an automobile. It is a simple coal-oil product. It is quite harmless. It was made by the well-known German firm of Baer & Company, chemists, and it is so cheap. I shall see to it that you are rejected for the draft. And—think ...
— The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon • Newell Dwight Hillis

... far beyond the limits which prudence and regard for the medium's physical well-being would dictate. There is a certain stimulation and excitement arising from the manifestation of phenomena through the medium, and this in itself is helpful rather than hurtful—a tonic rather than a depressant; but like all other forms of overindulgence, and excessive yielding to this excitement tends to bring on a reaction and a swing to the opposite emotional extreme, and the medium suffers thereby in many cases. There comes a time in all seances when the high-water mark of psychic power is reached, ...
— Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers • Bhakta Vishita



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