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anxiolysis

anxiolysis noun: the reduction of anxiety by means of sedation or hypnosis.

Noun

anxiolysis (uncountable)

  1. The reduction of anxiety by means of sedation or hypnosis

Questions about anxiolysis

What does anxiolysis mean?
Anxiolysis means the reduction of anxiety by means of sedation or hypnosis.
What part of speech is anxiolysis?
Anxiolysis is a noun.

Words near anxiolysis in the dictionary

  1. anxiodepressive
  2. anxiogenesis
  3. anxiogenic
  4. anxiogenicity
  5. anxiogenics
  6. anxiolysis
  7. anxiolytic
  8. anxiolytically
  9. anxiolytics
  10. anxiometric
  11. anxioselective

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