psychoactive
nounEtymology From psycho- + active.
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Medicine, Pharmacology, Sciences Any drug that affects the mind or mental processes.
- LSD and DMT are psychoactives.
psychoactive
adjUS /ˌsaɪkoʊˈæktɪv/
Etymology From psycho- + active.
1
Medicine, Pharmacology, Sciences Affecting the mind or mental processes.
- LSD and DMT are psychoactive drugs.
- Ng blows out more smoke, thinking. "As we learned in Vietnam, high-powered weapons are so sensorily overwhelming that they are similar to psychoactive drugs.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 367:
- Synonyms
- psychotropic
- Derived terms
- derived psychoactive cannabis product, nonpsychoactive, psychoactively
- Related terms
- psychoactivation, psychoactivity