adj

psychotropic

seye-kuh-TRO-pihk

adj

Affecting the mind, mood, or mental processes, usually describing certain drugs.

"Antidepressants are one common type of psychotropic medication."

noun

A drug that affects mood, perception, or mental function.

"The clinic carefully monitors patients taking multiple psychotropics at once."

How to Use Psychotropic

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA drug (or its effect) that changes how the mind or mood works.

Common pairings

psychotropic medication psychotropic drugs

more psychotropic comparative, psychotropics plural, most psychotropic superlative

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From psycho- + -tropic ("turning toward"), ultimately from Greek tropē ("a turning").

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