stimulant drug
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- noun
- /ˈstɪmjʊlənt drʌg/
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droga estimulante
- Stimulant drug therapy for hyperactivity includes such side effects as insomnia and appetite loss.
- take stimulant drugs
- stimulant drugs such as Ritalin
So they may be prone to using stimulant drugs to prop up their egos when they feel vulnerable.
- So they may be prone to using stimulant drugs to prop up their egos when they feel vulnerable.
Examples
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We'd like you to think about a stimulant drug treatment for Justin.
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Stimulant drugs such as Ritalin affect that balance by increasing the amount of time that catecholamine molecules remain active in certain synapses.
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Performance on intelligence tests does not seem to be affected by stimulant drugs.
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The prescription of stimulant drugs is the most common treatment for children with ADHD.
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And this growth in the number of diagnosed cases is accompanied by a dramatic increase in the last decade in the use of certain stimulant drugs to treat the symptoms of the disorder.
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Amphetamines such as Ritalin and other stimulant drugs seem to have a paradoxical calming effect on hyperactive children.
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Studies conducted during the mid-seventies to early eighties by Judith Rapaport of the National Institutes of Mental Health clearly showed that stimulant drugs improve the performance of most people, regardless of whether they have a diagnosis of ADHD, on tasks requiring good attention.
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The prescription of stimulant drugs is the most common treatment for children with ADHD.
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Caffeine is a stimulant drug, although legal, and adults use it widely to perk themselves up.
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Stimulant drug therapy for hyperactivity includes such side effects as insomnia and appetite loss.
Synonyms
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A medicine that helps people with ADHD pay attention
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A drug made by people that speeds up the brain, treats ADHD and narcolepsy, and is sometimes misused
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A drug that makes the body and mind more active for a short time
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A medicine that helps people who have trouble paying attention or who suddenly fall asleep
A medicine or substance that makes the body more active for a short time
A drug that acts like adrenaline to make the heart beat faster and open the airways
A man-made drug that makes people feel more energetic, happy, and close to others
Antonyms
How Stimulating
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'stimulant' (a substance that raises physiological activity) with 'drug' (a chemical/medicinal substance); a learner who knows both constituents can infer 'a drug that temporarily increases physiological or mental activity.' This follows a regular noun-modifier composition common cross-linguistically and is therefore predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Stimulant drug comes from a simple image: long ago a 'stimulant' was like a stick used to poke animals to make them move, so it came to mean something that 'wakes up' or 'speeds up'. A drug is a substance, so a stimulant drug is a substance that temporarily 'wakes you up' or 'speeds your body or mind up'.