Meanings
comparative more ataractic · superlative most ataractic
- medicineThat has a tranquilizing effect.
Later on he was treated by the same psychiatrist with ataractic drugs.
2013, Einar Kringlen, Heredity and Environment in the Functional Psychoses, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 1801 more example
Some drugs produce vivid hallucinations, others induce a relaxed condition, or are ataractic in their effect, that is, promote temporary tranquility[.]
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 59
plural ataractics
- medicineA drug that is used to tranquilize; a tranquilizer.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivetending to soothe or tranquilize
nouna drug used to reduce stress or tension without reducing mental clarity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀτάρακτος“intrepid”
- Englishataractic
From Ancient Greek ἀτάρακτος (atáraktos, “intrepid”), from ταράσσω (tarássō).
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Finnish rauhoittava, ataraktinen
- rauhoittavatranquilizing
- ataraktinentranquilizing
- ataraktitranquilizer
French tranquillisant, tranquillisant
- tranquillisanttranquilizing
- tranquillisanttranquilizer
Cite this entry
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