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Analeptic
An analeptic, in medicine, is a restorative, or remedies proper to restore the body, when wasted or emaciated by disease or hunger. An example is Pimadin, an anti-curare analeptic drug.

Today the term refers to a central nervous system stimulant.

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Words: analeptic, adj. or n.
Sep 10, 1998; STRANGE THE way that the mind works. Some of us cannot hear the pop of the cork being released from a bottle without the word...
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analeptic
Jan 01, 2008; analeptic ( respiratory stimulant ) (ană- lep -tik) n. a drug that acts on the central nervous system to stimulate the...
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central nervous system stimulant
Oct 01, 1996; The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 central nervous system stimulant analeptic, a substance that speeds up the activity of...
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tonic
Jan 27, 2009; tonic • noun   synonyms : restorative, refresher, stimulant, analeptic, pick-me-up, boost, fillip; inf. shot in the...
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Rituals of dying, burrows of anxiety in Freud, Proust, and Kafka: prolegomena to a critical immunology.(Sigmund Freud; Marcel Proust; Franz Kafka)(Case study)
Mar 22, 2007; ABSTRACT: Drawing on Walter Benjamin's and Sigmund Freud's scattered reflections, the author eleborates a psychic immunology that...
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