noun
- drugs or substances that stimulate the central nervous system, especially those used to counteract depression or restore consciousness
Usage: medical; pharmacology
Examples
- The doctor prescribed analeptics to help counteract the patient’s severe depression.
- Caffeine is one of the most commonly used analeptics in everyday life.
- Emergency room physicians sometimes use analeptics to revive unconscious patients.
- The pharmacologist studied the effects of various analeptics on brain activity.
- Analeptics work by increasing activity in the central nervous system.
- Some analeptics are used to treat conditions like narcolepsy and ADHD.