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psychic energizer

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noun

  1. Pharmacology. antidepressant.

Etymology

Origin of psychic energizer

First recorded in 1955–60

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Emphasizing the distinction between the effects of iproniazid and previously used ataraxics, Rockland's Research Director Nathan S. Kline called it not a tranquilizer but a "psychic energizer."

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