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depressant
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depressant /de·pres·sant/ (de-pres´ant) diminishing any functional activity; an agent that so acts.
cardiac depressant  an agent that depresses the rate or force of contraction of the heart.
de·pres·sant (d-prsnt)
adj.
Tending to lower the rate of vital physiological activities.
n.
An agent, especially a drug, that decreases the rate of vital physiological activities.
depressant (dēpres´nt),
n a medicine that diminishes functional activity.
depressant
1. diminishing any function or activity.
2. an agent that retards any function, especially a drug that acts on the central nervous system to depress activity at all levels by stabilizing neuronal membranes. CNS depressants, e.g. barbiturates and inhalational anesthetics, are used as sedatives, hypnotics and anesthetics.
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