ataractic
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 9
Definition of ataractic
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
-
That has a tranquilizing effect.
“Some drugs produce vivid hallucinations, others induce a relaxed condition, or are ataractic in their effect, that is, promote temporary tranquility[.]”
“Later on he was treated by the same psychiatrist with ataractic drugs.”
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adj
-
That has a tranquilizing effect.
“Some drugs produce vivid hallucinations, others induce a relaxed condition, or are ataractic in their effect, that is, promote temporary tranquility[.]”
“Later on he was treated by the same psychiatrist with ataractic drugs.”
noun
- A drug that is used to tranquilize; a tranquilizer.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀτάρακτος (atáraktos, “intrepid”), from ταράσσω (tarássō).
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