psychoplegic

psychoplegic

 [si″ko-ple´jik]

an agent lessening cerebral activity or excitability.

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psychoplegic

(sī″kō-plē′jĭk) [″ + plege, a stroke]

An agent reducing excitability of the mental processes; a sedative.

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