Sedative

Sed′a-tive

,

Adj.

[Cf. F.

sédatif

.]

Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize

; specifically

(Med.)

,

allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.

Sed′a-tive

,

Noun.

(Med.)

A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain.

Sedative

SEDATIVE

,

Adj.

[L. sedo, to calm.] In medicine, moderating muscular action or animal energy.

sedative

See also: sédative

English

Noun

sedative ‎(plural sedatives)

An agent or drug that sedates, having a calming or soothing effect, or inducing sleep.

Synonyms

(agents that cause sleep): sleeping pill, soporific, tranquilizer
(other agents that sedate): anxiolytic, depressant, downer

Translations

an agent or drug that sedates

Catalan: sedant
Cebuano: igpahupay
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鎮靜藥 (zh), 镇静药 (zh) ‎(zhènjìngyào), 鎮靜劑 (zh), 镇静剂 (zh) ‎(zhènjìngjì)
Dutch: kalmeringsmiddel
Finnish: unilääke, rauhoituslääke, sedatiivi (fi), rauhoite
French: sédatif (fr) m
German: Beruhigungsmittel (de) n
Greek: ηρεμιστικό (el) n ‎(iremistikó), καταπραϋντικό (el) n ‎(katapraÿntikó)
Hungarian: nyugtatószer (hu)

Indonesian: obat penenang (id)
Italian: sedativo (it) m
Japanese: 鎮静剤 ‎(ちんせいざい, chinsei-zai)
Norman: sédatif m
Korean: 진정제 (ko) ‎(jinjeongje)
Portuguese: sedativo (pt) m
Russian: успокои́тельное (ru) n ‎(uspokoítelʹnoje), седати́вное сре́дство n ‎(sedatívnoje srédstvo)
Spanish: sedante (es) m, sedativo (es) m
Vietnamese: làm dịu (vi)

Adjective

sedative ‎(comparative more sedative, superlative most sedative)

Calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing

Synonyms

Translations

calming, soothing, inducing sleep, tranquilizing

Catalan: sedant
Dutch: kalmerend (nl)
Finnish: rauhoittava (fi), unettava, nukuttava (fi)
French: sédatif (fr)
German: beruhigend (de), sedativ (de)
Greek: ηρεμιστικός (el) ‎(iremistikós)

Italian: sedativo (it)
Norman: sédatif
Portuguese: sedativo (pt)
Russian: успокои́тельный (ru) ‎(uspokoítelʹnyj), седати́вный (ru) ‎(sedatívnyj)
Spanish: sedante (es), sedativo (es)

References

sedative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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deviates

Italian

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sedative f

feminine plural of sedativo

Anagrams

deviaste, evadesti

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