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单词 psychotomimetic
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psychotomimeticadj.n.

Brit. /sʌɪˌkɒtəʊmᵻˈmɛtɪk/, /sʌɪˌkəʊtəʊmʌɪˈmɛtɪk/, U.S. /saɪˌkɑdoʊməˈmɛdɪk/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: psychosomimetic adj.
Etymology: Alteration of psychosomimetic adj. after psychotic adj., psychotogenic adj.
Medicine.
A. adj.
Having an effect on the mind originally likened to that of a psychotic state, with abnormal changes in thought, perception, and mood and a subjective feeling of an expansion of consciousness; of or relating to a substance with this effect.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > psychosis > production of
psychotogenic1953
psychosomimetic1955
psychotomimetic1956
psychotropic1956
psychomimetic1957
1956 AIBS Bull. 6 56/2 (title) The effects of psychotomimetic compounds on human cholinesterase.
1958 M. Jarvik in H. H. Pennes Psychopharmacology ix. 204 They have been called psychoso- or psychotomimetic, psychotherapeutic, tranquilizing, ataraxic,..or, as a general class, psychochemical, neurotropic,..and a number of other names.
1975 R. W. Brimblecombe & R. M. Pinder Hallucinogenic Agents i. 3 There are well-defined differences between mental states induced by the majority of psychotomimetic drugs and those encountered in mental illness.
2000 J. Mann Murder, Magic, & Med. (rev. ed.) iv. 200 The δ [opioid] receptor is the main point of binding for the enkephalins, and presumably mediates their analgesic effect, though it also appears to be involved with psychotomimetic effects.
B. n.
A psychotomimetic drug.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine for mental conditions > [noun] > psychotropic or psychedelic drug
psychedelic1956
psychodysleptic1957
psychotogen1957
psychotomimetic1957
psychochemical1958
psychopharmaceutical1962
psychoactive1965
psychotropic1966
psychomimetic1967
mood drug1970
1957 Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 66 418 We are using Gerard's term ‘psychotomimetics’ generally for compounds that have been called schizogens, psychotica, psychotogens, phantastica, hallucinogens and elixirs.
1970 A. T. Shulgin in D. H. Efron Psychotomimetic Drugs 25 Ibogaine..is another example in the family of psychotomimetics, with complex structures and no resemblance to known metabolic materials.
1993 Gnosis Winter 14/2 Originally called ‘psychotomimetics’ from their supposed ability to produce temporary psychotic states, these drugs later became known as ‘hallucinogens’ and then as ‘psychedelics’.

Derivatives

psyˌchotomiˈmetically adv.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adverb] > psychosis
psychotically1925
prepsychotically1941
psychotropically1962
psychotomimetically1963
1963 Tetrahedron 19 2073 Hashish (marihuana), the psychotomimetically active resin of the female flowering tops of Cannabis sativa L.
1973 R. Mechoulam Marijuana p. xiii The structure of only one [cannabinoid], the psychotomimetically inactive cannabinol, had been fully elucidated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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