contrastimulantn.adj.
/ˌkɒntrəˈstɪmjʊlənt/ Medicine.
1. n. A medicine that acts in opposition to a stimulant, or that reduces the force of the vital actions.
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contrastimulant1829
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1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica x. 392 The Italian physicians consider it as a powerful contra-stimulant.
1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon at Contrastimulus According to the doctrine of Rasori..all really useful remedies are comprised in the classes stimulants and contrastimulants.
2. attributive or adj.
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1881 Lincoln tr. Trousseau & Pidoux Treat. Therapeutics II. 19 They say that bleeding neutralizes..the contra-stimulant effects of the emetic.
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