Any drug that has a calming effect, reducing anxiety and tension.
Sedatives will induce sleep in larger doses. Examples are barbiturates, narcotics, and benzodiazepines.
Sinonimi: sedative drug | depressant | downer
A drug that reduces excitability and calms a person; SYN. sedative drug, depressant, downer.
Sredstvo za umirenje, smirenje živaca, za stišavanje uzrujanosti i postizanje uravnoteženosti kod labilnih osoba (lat.)