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n. - A medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system adj. - Stimulating the central nervous system.

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  • An analeptic drug stimulates the central nervous system
  • Together with another, five years older pharmacologist, named Folke Serin, I studied the action of another "analeptic", i.e. nikethamide, and discovered a circadian...
  • Cool and soothing, the analeptic juice quickly took away the stinging.
  • I had planned the synthesis of this compound with the intention of obtaining a circulatory and respiratory stimulant an analeptic.
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