thymoleptic

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noun

Any drug that modifies a patient's mood, but especially an antidepressant medication

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Meanings

nounthymoleptic (plural thymoleptics)

plural thymoleptics

  1. medicineAny drug that modifies a patient's mood, but especially an antidepressant medication
adjectivethymoleptic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineThat modifies a patient's mood

    The thymoleptic drugs imipramine, desipramine, protriptyline, etc., are used to elevate depressive states.

    1970, Carl Curt Pfeiffer, John John Raymond Smythies [eds], INTERNATIONAL REVIEW NEUROBIOLOGY, Volume 12, Academic Press, page 354

Origin

From thymo- + -leptic.

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Translations

French thymoanaleptique
  • thymoanaleptiqueTranslations
Russian тимоаналептик
  • тимоаналептик (timoanaleptik)Translations

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

phytotelmic
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APA

thymoleptic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thymoleptic

MLA

“thymoleptic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thymoleptic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thymoleptic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thymoleptic.

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