单词 | psychodysleptic |
释义 | > as lemmaspsychodysleptic psychodysleptic n. and adj. Brit. /ˌsʌɪkə(ʊ)dɪsˈlɛptɪk/ , U.S. /ˌsaɪkoʊˌdɪsˈlɛptɪk/ [ < psycho- comb. form + dys- prefix + -leptic comb. form, probably after French psychodysleptique (although this is apparently first attested later: 1965 or earlier as noun, 1966 or earlier as adjective; attributed to J. Delay (compare quot. 1957)); compare psycholeptic adj. 2] (a) n. a hallucinogenic drug; (b) adj. hallucinogenic, psychotomimetic.ΘΚΠ 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 J. Delay in N. S. Kline Psychopharmacology Frontiers 427 Mescaline and diethylamide of lysergic acid..are usually described under the term ‘psychotomimetics’. Perhaps the term ‘psychodysleptics’ would be preferable to indicate the characteristic action of deviating mental activity and distorting appreciation of reality values. 1961 Kalinowsky & Hoch Somatic Treatments in Psychiatry ii. 8 Psychodysleptics or psychotomimetics. This refers to a group of drugs which can produce the so-called ‘model psychoses’ and which have characteristically hallucinogenic and mildly stimulant properties. 1973 Science 6 Apr. 87/2 Studies on their abuse potential, psychodysleptic actions, [etc.] will be presented. 1974 Nature 27 Sept. 314/1 Some psychodysleptics (mescaline sulphate and LSD), when injected during the photosensitive larval period, suppress diapause induction as if the larvae were subjected to a long 16-h photophase. 2003 Pharmacol. Biochem. & Behaviour 75 501 Many species of hallucinogenic (psychodysleptic) plants are used by humans throughout the world. < as lemmas |
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