"depressant" meaning in English

See depressant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈpɹɛsənt/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-depressant.wav , En-us-depressant.ogg Forms: more depressant [comparative], most depressant [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛsənt Etymology: From depress + -ant. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|depress|ant}} depress + -ant Head templates: {{en-adj}} depressant (comparative more depressant, superlative most depressant)
  1. (pharmacology) reducing functional or nervous activity. Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical effects
    Sense id: en-depressant-en-adj-aMgevv90 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 39 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 33 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 37 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 27 39 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 31 38 31 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈpɹɛsənt/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-depressant.wav , En-us-depressant.ogg Forms: depressants [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛsənt Etymology: From depress + -ant. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|depress|ant}} depress + -ant Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} depressant (countable and uncountable, plural depressants)
  1. (pharmacology) A pharmacological substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs, Drugs Translations (substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity): 镇静剂 (zhènjìngjì) (Chinese Mandarin), depressantti (Finnish), lamaute (Finnish), अवनमक (avanmak) (Hindi), अवसादक (avsādak) (Hindi), penenang (Indonesian), depresan (Indonesian), dúlagrán [masculine] (Irish), 억제제 (eokjeje) (alt: 抑制劑) (Korean), ڤننڠ (penenang) (Malay), depresen (Malay), (pūroi) haupēhi (Maori), سرکوبکننده (sarkub-konande) (Persian)
    Sense id: en-depressant-en-noun-S2sZ7MoO Disambiguation of Drugs: 36 53 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ant, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Persian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 39 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 33 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ant: 29 39 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 50 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 37 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 43 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 28 43 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 28 40 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 27 39 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 28 40 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 28 40 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 31 38 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 28 40 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 28 40 32 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences Disambiguation of 'substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity': 97 3
  2. (mining) An agent that inhibits the flotation of a mineral or minerals. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mining
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antidepressant, manic-depressant

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhènjìngjì",
      "sense": "substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity",
      "word": "镇静剂"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity",
      "word": "depressantti"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity",
      "word": "lamaute"
    },
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      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "avanmak",
      "sense": "substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity",
      "word": "अवनमक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "avsādak",
      "sense": "substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity",
      "word": "अवसादक"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity",
      "word": "penenang"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity",
      "word": "depresan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity",
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      ],
      "word": "dúlagrán"
    },
    {
      "alt": "抑制劑",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eokjeje",
      "sense": "substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity",
      "word": "억제제"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "roman": "penenang",
      "sense": "substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity",
      "word": "ڤننڠ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity",
      "word": "depresen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity",
      "word": "(pūroi) haupēhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sarkub-konande",
      "sense": "substance which decreases neuronal or physiological activity",
      "word": "سرکوبکننده"
    }
  ],
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    "depressant"
  ],
  "word": "depressant"
}

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    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
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    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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