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