Psychostimulant

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A drug that acts to temporarily increase mental alertness or awareness
Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending to increase mental alertness and awareness

    "a psychostimulant effect"

Synonyms

All synonyms
stimulantstimulant

Etymology

From psycho- + stimulant.

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