单词 | analeptic |
释义 | analepticadj.n. A. adj. 1. Chiefly Medicine. Originally: strengthening, restorative (now rare). In later use: spec. having the property of stimulating the function of an organ, esp. that of the central nervous system; of or relating to this property. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [adjective] > restorative comfortive1377 restaurativea1393 comfortativea1398 resumptivea1398 cordial?a1425 corroborative1583 analeptical1606 corroborant1626 analeptica1629 vivifying1665 roborant1768 a1629 T. Goffe Trag. Orestes (1633) iv. viii. sig. G4 And now will my Alexipharmacum, Stirre the Analeptique veynes and arteries. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 443 The strength is to be repaired by analeptick and pleasant diet. 1726 Quincy's Pharmacopœia Officinalis (ed. 6) iv. 557/1 Emulsio Analeptica, The Analeptic Emulsion. 1799 D. Cox Direct. Med. Chests 24 The analeptic pills are much esteemed in bilious, gouty, and rheumatic cases. 1805 Edinb. Rev. 7 109 He..informs us, that sage is analeptic. 1853 W. L. Herndon in W. L. Herndon & L. Gibbon Explor. Valley Amazon i. 286 The root of the murapuama..is used as an analeptic remedy, giving force and tone to the nerves. 1896 Reynolds's Newspaper 19 Apr. 2/7 (advt.) The most gentle yet effectual Analeptic Laxative we possess. 1938 Lancet 5 Nov. 1061/1 Its [sc. benzedrine's] analeptic action on animals had been studied recently in his laboratory. 1970 ‘A. Cross’ Poetic Justice ii. 36 I don't as a rule drink at lunch, but right at the moment I feel the need of what Auden calls an ‘analeptic swig’. 1995 European Jrnl. Pharmacol. 276 177/1 It is well known that exogenous thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) is an analeptic agent which can reverse the central nervous system (CNS) depressant effect of barbiturates. 2007 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 23 Dec. 15/3 The Anchor is a setting at once analeptic and anodyne. 2. Literary Criticism. Of the nature of an analepsis or flashback. ΚΠ 1980 J. E. Lewin tr. G. Genette Narr. Disc. i. 83 These proleptic analepses and analeptic prolepses [Fr. prolepses analeptiques] are so many complex anachronies. 1988 I. Watt Conrad: Nostromo ii. 39 There are many analeptic passages which turn back to give a sense of the past of the characters. 2002 Contemp. Lit. 43 143 Corpi takes us back to Delia's days as a student activist at Berkeley in the late 1960s. In these analeptic flashes, Corpi scrutinizes the building of the Chicana/o community. B. n. Medicine. An analeptic medicine or food: (in later use) spec. a stimulant, esp. of the central nervous system. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > restorative resumptivea1398 comfortative1398 restorative?a1439 restaurativec1450 restaurationa1500 restoritya1500 reviver1542 comforter1563 refriscative1580 comfortive1584 analeptic1634 refective1667 recruiter1729 restoration1823 recuperator1862 reconstituent1873 1634 ‘Philiatreus’ Gen. Pract. Med. sig. B5 v For in the contrare wee ought rather to repare the forces by analeptiks or restoring things, and not augment it by Phlebotomie and cathartiks. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 334 Trembling..is cured, if from the absumption and dissolution of spirits, by analepticks, moderate sleepe, and wine. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ i. xlvii. 108 By Analepticks to repair the Strength. 1759 Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 672 The Peruvian bark supplies a remedy of infinitely more use, where such analeptics are required. 1786 J. Moore Med. Sketches i. vii. 256 In spite of all their bitters, and their stomachics, and their purgatives, and analeptics, the same symptoms constantly recur. 1853 A. Soyer Pantropheon 314 Chocolate..is an agreeable analeptic. 1925 Lancet 27 June 1336/2 Analeptics may be defined as pharmacological reagents, acting (directly or indirectly) primarily, and some of them apparently electively, upon certain regions or sections of the central nervous system and certain peripheral organs, so that their functions are stimulated. 1951 A. Grollman Pharmacol. & Therapeutics xi. 212 Methamphetamine hydrochloride..is a potent analeptic and, like amphetamine, has been used in the treatment of narcolepsy. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 31 July iva. 16/1 At many colleges across the country, the ingredients for academic success now include a steady flow of analeptics, the class of prescription amphetamines that is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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