ataractic
English
Etymology
Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek ἀτάρακτος (atáraktos, “intrepid”).
Adjective
ataractic (comparative more ataractic, superlative most ataractic)
- (pharmacology) That has a tranquilizing effect.
- 2013, Einar Kringlen, Heredity and Environment in the Functional Psychoses, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 180:
- Later on he was treated by the same psychiatrist with ataractic drugs.
Translations
tranquilizing
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Noun
ataractic (plural ataractics)
- (pharmacology) A drug that is used to tranquilize; a tranquilizer.
Related terms
Translations
tranquilizer
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