psychopharmacological

adjective

Of or pertaining to psychopharmacology, the interactions between pharmaceuticals and the brain

Similar
psychopharmacologic
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English psychopharmacology ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) →
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Meanings

adjectivepsychopharmacological (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to psychopharmacology, the interactions between pharmaceuticals and the brain

    As a compromise in an age of psychopharmacological doubt, this seems about right.

    2009 January 25, Vanessa Grigoriadis, “Checking In”, in New York Times
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    Three of the crack-related homicides were attributed to the psychopharmacological consequences of ingesting crack (increased violence, excitability, and irrationality), and eight homicides were attributed to the economic compulsion to engage in crime in order to subsidize drug use.

    2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 4, in Illusion of Order

    Synonyms: psychopharmacologic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or pertaining to psychopharmacology, the interactions between pharmaceuticals and the brain

Similar
psychopharmacologic
Also see
psychopharmacologic

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Ancient Greekφάρμᾰκον (phármăkon)
  5. Englishpharmaco-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  8. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  9. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  10. Englishpharmacology
  11. Englishpsychopharmacology
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Englishpsychopharmacological

From psychopharmacology + -ical.

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Translations

Czech psychofarmakologický
  • psychofarmakologickýof or pertaining to psychopharmacology
Italian psicofarmacologico
  • psicofarmacologicoof or pertaining to psychopharmacology
Russian психофармакологи́ческий
  • психофармакологи́ческий (psixofarmakologíčeskij)of or pertaining to psychopharmacology
Spanish psicofarmacológico
  • psicofarmacológicoof or pertaining to psychopharmacology
Cite this entry
APA

psychopharmacological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychopharmacological

MLA

“psychopharmacological.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychopharmacological. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychopharmacological,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychopharmacological.

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