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Record 1 2022-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
  • Medication
DEF

That affects a person's mental state by acting on the nervous system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
  • Médicaments
DEF

Qui agit sur le système nerveux central et modifie le psychisme.

Key term(s)
  • psycho-actif

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
  • Medicamentos
DEF

[Dícese del] estimulante del sistema nervioso central, como las anfetaminas, que produce pérdida de la conciencia mental.

CONT

anfetamina: Medicamento sicotrópico, es decir estimulante del sistema nervioso central, que se ha empleado en los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica para el control de la demencia por SIDA [...]

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