psychostimulantn.adj.
/ˌsʌɪkəʊˈstɪmjᵿlənt/, /ˌsʌɪkəʊˈstɪmjᵿln̩t/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkoʊˈstɪmjələnt/ Medicine and Pharmacology.
A. n.
A drug that stimulates the activity of the mind or nervous system.
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psychic energizer1957
thymoleptic1959
psychostimulant1961
mood elevator1968
SSRI1991
1961 R. D. Musser & J. G. Bird Mod. Pharmacol. & Therapeutics (ed. 2) xix. 361 Prior to the development of these newer drugs, called psycho-stimulants or psychic energizers, apathetic and depressed patients were treated with caffeine and the amphetamines.
1985 Internat. Jrnl. Psychiatry in Med. 17 117 The most commonly used classes of psychiatric medicines, including antidepressants, CNS depressants, benzodiazepines, antipsychotics, psychostimulants, and lithium carbonate, are reviewed as to their potential interactions with alcohol.
1997 Face Apr. 168/1 Ketamine..can produce a marked increase in the desire for compulsive sexual pleasure in a manner similar to other ‘psychostimulants’ such as cocaine.
B. adj.
That increases a person's activity and alertness; stimulatory; antidepressive.
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thymoleptic1959
psychostimulant1962
1962 Internat. Jrnl. Neuropharmacol. 1 435 A widely used experimental model for the investigation of psychostimulant and antidepressant drugs.
1985 Psychiatry Res. 16 303 Methylphenidate induced a striking psychostimulant effect that was not attenuated by CBZ [= carbamazepine] pretreatment.
2000 New Scientist 18 Mar. 92/1 (advt.) This challenging project will..define the specific monoaminergic targets and neuroanatomical focii [sic] for psychostimulant and hallucinogenic drugs of abuse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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