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ataractic

ataractic adjective: that has a tranquilizing effect.

Adjective

ataractic (comparative more ataractic, superlative most ataractic)

  1. That has a tranquilizing effect.
    • Some drugs produce vivid hallucinations, others induce a relaxed condition, or are ataractic in their effect, that is, promote temporary tranquility[.]1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 59
    • Later on he was treated by the same psychiatrist with ataractic drugs.2013, Einar Kringlen, Heredity and Environment in the Functional Psychoses, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 180

Noun

ataractic (plural ataractics)

  1. A drug that is used to tranquilize; a tranquilizer.

ataractic meaning in Tamil

ataractic in Tamil

உள அமைதி ஊக்கி, சாந்தமூட்டி

Forms of ataractic

Adjective
comparativemore ataractic
superlativemost ataractic
Noun
pluralataractics

Origin of ataractic

From Ancient Greek ἀτάρακτος (atáraktos, “intrepid”), from ταράσσω (tarássō).

Questions about ataractic

What does ataractic mean?
Ataractic means that has a tranquilizing effect.
What is ataractic in Tamil?
Ataractic in Tamil is உள அமைதி ஊக்கி, சாந்தமூட்டி. See Ataractic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ataractic?
Ataractic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near ataractic in the dictionary

  1. ATAPI
  2. ataprost
  3. ataps
  4. ataque de nervios
  5. atar
  6. ataractic
  7. ataractics
  8. ataraxia
  9. ataraxias
  10. ataraxic
  11. ataraxics

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