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Preferred term

Central Nervous System Depressants  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A very loosely defined group of drugs that tend to reduce the activity of the central nervous system. The major groups included here are ethyl alcohol, anesthetics, hypnotics and sedatives, narcotics, and tranquilizing agents (antipsychotics and antianxiety agents).

Synonym(s)

  • CNS Depressants

In other languages

  • French

  • Agents dépresseurs du SNC
  • Agents dépresseurs du système nerveux central
  • Dépresseurs du SNC
  • Médicaments dépresseurs du SNC
  • Médicaments dépresseurs du système nerveux central

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-F1L2633L-N

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