anxiogenic
anxiogenic adjective: causing anxiety, or pertaining to the causing of anxiety.
Adjective
anxiogenic (comparative more anxiogenic, superlative most anxiogenic)
- Causing anxiety, or pertaining to the causing of anxiety.
- A CRF antagonist, -helical CRF(9-41), can also attenuate the anxiogenic behavioral effects of HU-210.1997 June 27, “Activation of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor in the Limbic System During Cannabinoid Withdrawal”, in Science, volume 276, number 5321, pages 2050–2054
- Increases in dopamine efflux in the NAS cannot simply be seen as equivalent to drug reward, because aversive stimuli, such as foot shock, and anxiogenic drugs, such as FG 7142 and beta-CCE (which are not self-administered), have exactly the same neurochemical effect (3 ).1997 August 8, Lester Grinspoon et al., “Marijuana Addiction”, in Science, volume 277, number 5327, pages 749–753
Noun
anxiogenic (plural anxiogenics)
- An anxiogenic drug: a drug that causes anxiety.
Antonyms of anxiogenic
Forms of anxiogenic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more anxiogenic |
| superlative | most anxiogenic |
| Noun | |
| plural | anxiogenics |
Origin of anxiogenic
From anxio- + -genic.
Words formed from anxiogenic
Questions about anxiogenic
- What does anxiogenic mean?
- Anxiogenic means causing anxiety, or pertaining to the causing of anxiety.
- What part of speech is anxiogenic?
- Anxiogenic can be an adjective or a noun.
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