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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An anxiogenic drug: a drug that causes anxiety.

Adjective

1. 1
   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."

Antonyms

All antonyms

anxiolytic

Example

More examples

"The current climate is anxiogenic."

Etymology

From anxio- + -genic.

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