analeptic

English

Etymology

From ana- +‎ -leptic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌænəˈlɛptɪk/
• Hyphenation: an‧a‧lep‧tic

Adjective

analeptic (comparative more analeptic, superlative most analeptic)

1. That restores or stimulates health.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 9:

     For promotion of the secretion of semen virile, an analeptic diet is recommended by one writer.

2. Of or relating to analepsis (a form of flashback).

Derived terms

• analeptically
• psychoanaleptic

Translations

that restores or stimulates health

• French: analeptique (fr)
• Greek: αναληπτικός (el) (analiptikós)
• Hungarian: analeptikus (hu)
• Irish: anaileipteach
• Italian: analettico (it)
• Polish: analeptyczny
• Portuguese: analéptico
• Romanian: analeptic (ro) m or n

Noun

analeptic (plural analeptics)

1. A restorative or stimulative medication, especially one used to overcome depression.

Translations

restorative or stimulative medication

• Italian: analettico (it) m
• Polish: analeptyk m
• Portuguese: analéptico m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аналѐптик

  Latin: analèptik (sh)

Anagrams

• Placentia, epicantal, El Capitan

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French analeptique.

Adjective

analeptic m or n (feminine singular analeptică, masculine plural analeptici, feminine/neuter plural analeptice)

1. analeptic

Declension

Declension of analeptic

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	analeptic		analeptică		analeptici	analeptice
	definite	analepticul		analeptica		analepticii	analepticele
genitive- dative	indefinite	analeptic		analeptice		analeptici	analeptice
	definite	analepticului		analepticei		analepticilor	analepticelor