Search Result for "analeptic": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. stimulating the central nervous system;
- Example: "an analeptic drug stimulates the central nervous system"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

analeptic \an`a*lep"tic\ ([a^]n`[.a]*l[e^]p"t[i^]k), a. [Gr. 'ana`lhptiko`s restorative: cf. F. analeptique. See Analepsis.] (Med.) Restorative; giving strength after disease. -- n. A restorative drug; a drug that stimulates the central nervous system. [1913 Webster + AS] analgen
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

analeptic adj 1: stimulating the central nervous system; "an analeptic drug stimulates the central nervous system" n 1: a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "analeptic": adjuvant, alterative, bracing, corrective, corroborant, curative, healing, iatric, invigorating, medicative, medicinal, refreshing, remedial, reparative, reparatory, restitutive, restitutory, restorative, reviving, roborant, sanative, sanatory, stimulating, strengthening, therapeutic, theriac, tonic