psychostimulant

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ)

Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der.

English psycho-

English stimulant

English psychostimulant

From psycho- + stimulant.

Adjective

psychostimulant (comparative more psychostimulant, superlative most psychostimulant)

1. (pharmacology) Tending to increase mental alertness and awareness

   a psychostimulant effect

Translations

Translations

• Italian: psicostimolante (it)

Noun

psychostimulant (plural psychostimulants)

1. (pharmacology) A drug that acts to temporarily increase mental alertness or awareness

Synonyms

• stimulant

Translations

Translations

• French: psychostimulant (fr) m
• Hungarian: pszichostimuláns (hu)
• Italian: psicostimolante (it)

See also

• psychostimulant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia