Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Tending to induce hallucinations, delusions, or other symptoms of a psychosis. Used of a drug.
- noun A psychotomimetic drug, such as LSD.
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- adjective pharmacology That
induces atemporary state of alteredperception andsymptoms similar to those ofpsychosis (such ashallucinations ). - noun pharmacology A psychotomimetic
drug (such asLSD ).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Enclosed was a note suggesting that they use it as a psychotomimetic—a drug that would induce “model psychoses” and thus allow firsthand study of the “pathogenesis of mental illness.”
MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION Gary Greenberg 2010
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Initially, experimentation centered on the belief that the drug served as a psychotomimetic, inducing "model psychosis" in research subjects, which might enable researchers to understand the disease's somatic development.
Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583 2007
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Fever Night or Static Age aka Band of Satanic Outsiders is an acid-trip, psychotomimetic horror film about three Satanists who are faced with serious repercussions after going into the woods one night and worshipping the Devil.
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“Sounds like a hell of a psychotomimetic to me, Doc.”
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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He found that the psychotomimetic ingredient in all of them was some kind of anticholinergic alkaloid—very similar to atropine and scopolamine.
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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He found that the psychotomimetic ingredient in all of them was some kind of anticholinergic alkaloid—very similar to atropine and scopolamine.
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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All the commonly abused drugs are potentially psychotomimetic, Sergeant.
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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All the commonly abused drugs are potentially psychotomimetic, Sergeant.
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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“Sounds like a hell of a psychotomimetic to me, Doc.”
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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All the commonly abused drugs are potentially psychotomimetic, Sergeant.
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
qms commented on the word psychotomimetic
His search for release is frenetic
And rooted in forces genetic.
His Dad could enthuse
Over ganja and booze
But his trip’s psychotomimetic.
March 1, 2018