thymoleptic
English
Etymology
Noun
thymoleptic (plural thymoleptics)
- (medicine) Any drug that modifies a patient's mood, but especially an antidepressant medication
Adjective
thymoleptic (not comparable)
- (medicine) That modifies a patient's mood
- 1970, Carl Curt Pfeiffer, John John Raymond Smythies [eds], INTERNATIONAL REVIEW NEUROBIOLOGY, Volume 12, Academic Press, page 354:
- The thymoleptic drugs imipramine, desipramine, protriptyline, etc., are used to elevate depressive states.
- 1970, Carl Curt Pfeiffer, John John Raymond Smythies [eds], INTERNATIONAL REVIEW NEUROBIOLOGY, Volume 12, Academic Press, page 354: