Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Preventing or reducing anxiety; antianxiety.
- noun An antianxiety medication; a tranquilizer.
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- adjective That reduces
anxiety ;tranquilizing - noun medicine A
drug prescribed for the treatment of symptoms ofanxiety .
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- noun a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability
- adjective anxiety relieving
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Endocannabinoids mediate anxiolytic-like effect of acetaminophen via CB1 receptors.
Srinivasan Pillay: Want to Be More Giving? Try Warming Your Hands Srinivasan Pillay 2010
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Endocannabinoids mediate anxiolytic-like effect of acetaminophen via CB1 receptors.
Srinivasan Pillay: Want to Be More Giving? Try Warming Your Hands Srinivasan Pillay 2010
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Endocannabinoids mediate anxiolytic-like effect of acetaminophen via CB1 receptors.
Srinivasan Pillay: Want to Be More Giving? Try Warming Your Hands Srinivasan Pillay 2010
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Mortality hazard associated with anxiolytic and hypnotic drug use in the national population health survey.
Martin Rossman, M.D.: Manage Your Weight Through Cognitive Emotional Techniques M.D. Martin Rossman 2010
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Mortality hazard associated with anxiolytic and hypnotic drug use in the national population health survey.
Martin Rossman, M.D.: Manage Your Weight Through Cognitive Emotional Techniques M.D. Martin Rossman 2010
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In the meantime, there is something anti-anxiolytic about my delayed visual and auditory tracking.
Write Where You Are : Rachel Zucker : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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The acute antipanic and anxiolytic activity of aerobic exercise in patients with panic disorder and healthy control subjects.
Srinivasan Pillay: Dealing With Recession Panic: The Science of Physical Exercise 2009
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One of these, cannabidiol, is already noted in research as an effective antipsychotic and anxiolytic (anti-anxiety drug), while not producing the “high” or intoxication of THC.Frater Plotter(Quote)
The Volokh Conspiracy » The AMA Open to Medical Marijuana Research 2009
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(The extracts, primarily THC and the non-psychoactive, anxiolytic compound CBD, are taken directly from marijuana plants grown at an undisclosed, company warehouse.)
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Maybe Janssen could branch out, do anxiolytic potato chips, a Ben and Jerry's SSRI Swirl, piperazine pretzels?
Invega Popcorn Review Mother Jones RN 2008
sarra commented on the word anxiolytic
kept looking at 'aetiology' written on my hand in bad biro and seeing this
March 2, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word anxiolytic
Thanks, sarra, this word led me to antianxiety.
March 2, 2011