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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
depressant
 
SYLLABICATION:de·pres·sant
PRONUNCIATION:  d-prsnt
ADJECTIVE: Tending to lower the rate of vital physiological activities.
NOUN: An agent, especially a drug, that decreases the rate of vital physiological activities.
 
 
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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