English-Thai Dictionary

sedative

ADJ ซึ่ง ทำให้ เงียบสงบ  สงบ  ใจเย็น  สงบ ประสาท  สงบอารมณ์  กด ประสาท  calming soothing tranquilizing sueng-tam-hai-ngib-sa-ngob

 

sedative

N ยาระงับประสาท  ยากด ประสาท  ยากล่อมประสาท  ยา จำพวก ระงับ ประสาท  tranquilizer sleeping pill soporific narcotic ya-ra-ngab-pra-sad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SEDATIVE

a.[L. sedo, to calm. ] In medicine, moderating muscular action or animal energy.

 

SEDATIVE

n.A midicine that moderates muscular action or animal energy. Se defendendo, in defending himself; the plea of a person charged with murder, who alledges that he committed the act in his own defense.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SEDATIVE

Sed "a *tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. sédatif. ]

 

Defn: Tending to calm, moderate, or tranquilize; specifically (Med. ), allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.

 

SEDATIVE

SEDATIVE Sed "a *tive, n. (Med. )

 

Defn: A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sedative

sed a tive |ˈsedətiv ˈsɛdədɪv | ▶adjective promoting calm or inducing sleep: the seeds have a sedative effect. ▶noun a drug taken for its calming or sleep-inducing effect. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French sedatif or medieval Latin sedativus, from Latin sedat- ‘settled, ’ from the verb sedare (see sedate 1 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

sedative

seda |tive |ˈsɛdətɪv | ▶adjective promoting calm or inducing sleep: the seeds have a sedative effect. ▶noun a drug taken for its calming or sleep-inducing effect. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French sedatif or medieval Latin sedativus, from Latin sedat- ‘settled ’, from the verb sedare (see sedate 1 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sedative

sedative adjective sedative drugs: tranquilizing, calming, calmative, relaxing, soporific, narcotic; depressant; Medicine neuroleptic. ▶noun the doctor gave him a sedative: tranquilizer, calmative, sleeping pill, narcotic, opiate; depressant; informal trank, downer.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sedative

sedative adjective he took a combination of sedative drugs: tranquillizing, calming, depressant, soothing, calmative, relaxing, soporific; Medicine neuroleptic. ▶noun the doctor gave him a sedative: tranquillizer, calmative, depressant, sleeping pill, soporific, narcotic, opiate; Medicine neuroleptic; informal trank, sleeper, downer.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

sedative

sed a tive /sédətɪv /名詞 C 鎮静剤, 催眠剤 .形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗鎮静させる [作用のある ], 眠気を催す .