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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-pres-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈprɛs ənt


Définition of depressant

Origin :
  • "sedative," 1876 as a noun, 1887 as an adjective; see depress + -ant.
  • noun sedative
Example sentences :
  • He is stimulant, irritant, but there is no depressant reaction from him.
  • Extract from : « The Critical Game » by John Albert Macy
  • But on account of this depressant action it is to be avoided for women and children and rarely used for men.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 » by Various
  • It is a stimulant, not a depressant, as is the tepid bath, and it is safer than the cold bath.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • Depressant as black life- preservers its two extra tires gleamed and dripped in their jetty enamel-cloth casings.
  • Extract from : « Rainy Week » by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
  • Ten years ago many good authorities still ranked alcohol as a stimulant; now, almost all rank it as a depressant.
  • Extract from : « Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why » by Martha M. Allen
  • It is not a stimulant in the proper acceptation of the term; on the contrary it is a depressant.
  • Extract from : « Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why » by Martha M. Allen
  • Discontent with their former condition acted upon them not as a depressant but as a tonic.
  • Extract from : « The Spirit of America » by Henry Van Dyke
  • The disease is very severe, painful, and depressant, but the mortality is quite low except in complication with other maladies.
  • Extract from : « Essays In Pastoral Medicine » by Austin Malley
  • Tobacco, and especially cigarettes, being a depressant upon the heart, should be positively forbidden.
  • Extract from : « A Practical Physiology » by Albert F. Blaisdell
  • In large doses chloral hydrate is a depressant to the circulation and the respiration, and also lowers the temperature.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 » by Various

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