"psychoactive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more psychoactive [comparative], most psychoactive [superlative]
Etymology: From psycho- + active. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|psycho|active}} psycho- + active Head templates: {{en-adj}} psychoactive (comparative more psychoactive, superlative most psychoactive)
  1. (pharmacology) Affecting the mind or mental processes. Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical effects Synonyms: psychotropic Related terms: psychoactivation, psychoactivity Translations (pharmacology: affecting the mind or mental processes): въздействащ на психиката (vǎzdejstvašt na psihikata) (Bulgarian), psicoactiu (Catalan), 作用於精神的 (Chinese Mandarin), 作用于精神的 (zuòyòng yú jīngshén de) (Chinese Mandarin), 影響心理狀態的 (Chinese Mandarin), 影响心理状态的 (yǐngxiǎng xīnlǐ zhuàngtài de) (Chinese Mandarin), psikoaktiva (Esperanto), psikaktiva (Esperanto), psykoaktiivinen (Finnish), psychoaktiv (German), психикалық белсенді (psixikalyq belsendı) (Kazakh), psychoaktywny [masculine] (Polish), психоактивный (psixoaktivnyj) (Russian), psicoactivo (Spanish), psykoaktiv (Swedish), психоакти́вний (psyxoaktývnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-psychoactive-en-adj-3piSYP95 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with psycho- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with psycho-: 51 49 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

Noun

Forms: psychoactives [plural]
Etymology: From psycho- + active. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|psycho|active}} psycho- + active Head templates: {{en-noun}} psychoactive (plural psychoactives)
  1. (pharmacology) Any drug that affects the mind or mental processes. Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs
    Sense id: en-psychoactive-en-noun-tzXi4itN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with psycho- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with psycho-: 51 49 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

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