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noun a drug that reduces excitability and calms a person
adjective capable of depressing physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent
originEtymology tree English depress Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English depressant From depress + -ant.
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