"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
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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 52 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ant, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, 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: 18 39 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ant: 28 40 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 50 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 38 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 38 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 28 40 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 29 41 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 29 38 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 28 37 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 29 38 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 29 38 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 31 37 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 29 38 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 29 38 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
    Sense id: en-depressant-en-noun-M2xNQD31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ant, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, 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: 18 39 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ant: 28 40 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 38 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 38 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 29 38 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 28 37 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 29 38 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 29 38 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 31 37 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 29 38 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 29 38 32 Topics: business, mining
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antidepressant, cardiodepressant, immunodepressant, manic-depressant, neurodepressant, prodepressant

Inflected forms

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