"psychostimulant" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more psychostimulant [comparative], most psychostimulant [superlative]
Etymology: From psycho- + stimulant. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|psycho|stimulant}} psycho- + stimulant Head templates: {{en-adj}} psychostimulant (comparative more psychostimulant, superlative most psychostimulant)
  1. (pharmacology) Tending to increase mental alertness and awareness Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical effects Translations (Translations): psicostimolante (Italian)
    Sense id: en-psychostimulant-en-adj-E23KMxPp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with psycho-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with psycho-: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 66 34 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

Noun

Forms: psychostimulants [plural]
Etymology: From psycho- + stimulant. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|psycho|stimulant}} psycho- + stimulant Head templates: {{en-noun}} psychostimulant (plural psychostimulants)
  1. (pharmacology) A drug that acts to temporarily increase mental alertness or awareness Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs Synonyms: stimulant Translations (Translations): psychostimulant [masculine] (French), pszichostimuláns (Hungarian), psicostimolante (Italian)
    Sense id: en-psychostimulant-en-noun-MHgmjJ2f Categories (other): English terms prefixed with psycho- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with psycho-: 54 46 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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