calmativeadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈkalmətɪv/,

/ˈkɑːmətɪv/, U.S.

/ˈkɑ(l)mədɪv/

Etymology: < calm v. + -ative suffix. (The Latinic suffix is here defensible on the ground of the Italian calmare , Spanish calmar , French calmer : but compare -ative suffix.)

Chiefly Medicine.

A. adj.

Having a calming effect; sedative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > [adjective] > other miscellaneous treatments

sublimate1585

heroical1769

Perkinean1798

Perkinistic1803

heroic1818

adjuvant1834

aggressive1837

calmative1871

bacteriotherapeutic1886

mechanotherapeutic1915

inhalational1944

non-invasive1968

invasive1972

vegetablized1974

multidisciplinarian1985

1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. ii. v. 569 Cool sponging of the body is grateful and calmative in delirium.

1874 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics 59 A calmative action on the nervous system.

B. n.

A medical agent which quiets inordinate action of an organ; transferred and figurative anything which has a calming effect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun] > calming person or thing

quietera1542

cooler1592

allayment1609

allay1614

julepa1640

composer1649

calmer1653

lull1721

tranquillizer1800

calmant1811

steadier1864

calmative1870

quietive1873

soothment1900

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > tranquillizer

settle-brain1629

tranquillizer1800

quietener1856

calmative1870

quietant1874

ataractic1955

neuroleptic1959

downer1966

trank1967

1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Nov. 4 The venerable Professor of Materia Medica tried to prescribe a calmative.

1875 H. Walton Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 3) 103 The combination of iron with calmatives and sedatives.

1883 Brit. Q. Rev. July 19 There is no more effectual calmative to the irritable nervous system than the healthy fatigue of sustained labour.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	calmative
释义	calmativeadj.n. Brit. /ˈkalmətɪv/, /ˈkɑːmətɪv/, U.S. /ˈkɑ(l)mədɪv/ Etymology: < calm v. + -ative suffix. (The Latinic suffix is here defensible on the ground of the Italian calmare , Spanish calmar , French calmer : but compare -ative suffix.) Chiefly Medicine. A. adj. Having a calming effect; sedative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > [adjective] > other miscellaneous treatments sublimate1585 heroical1769 Perkinean1798 Perkinistic1803 heroic1818 adjuvant1834 aggressive1837 calmative1871 bacteriotherapeutic1886 mechanotherapeutic1915 inhalational1944 non-invasive1968 invasive1972 vegetablized1974 multidisciplinarian1985 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. ii. v. 569 Cool sponging of the body is grateful and calmative in delirium. 1874 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics 59 A calmative action on the nervous system. B. n. A medical agent which quiets inordinate action of an organ; transferred and figurative anything which has a calming effect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun] > calming person or thing quietera1542 cooler1592 allayment1609 allay1614 julepa1640 composer1649 calmer1653 lull1721 tranquillizer1800 calmant1811 steadier1864 calmative1870 quietive1873 soothment1900 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > tranquillizer settle-brain1629 tranquillizer1800 quietener1856 calmative1870 quietant1874 ataractic1955 neuroleptic1959 downer1966 trank1967 1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Nov. 4 The venerable Professor of Materia Medica tried to prescribe a calmative. 1875 H. Walton Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 3) 103 The combination of iron with calmatives and sedatives. 1883 Brit. Q. Rev. July 19 There is no more effectual calmative to the irritable nervous system than the healthy fatigue of sustained labour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1870
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