psychotomimetic drug

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• psychotomimetic — [sī kät΄ō mī met′ik, sī kät΄ōmīmi met′ik, sī kät΄ōmimet′ik] adj. [< PSYCHOTIC + O + MIMETIC] designating or of certain drugs as LSD and mescaline, that produce hallucinations, symptoms of a psychotic state, and, sometimes, chromosomal breaks n …   English World dictionary

• psychotomimetic — 1. adjective That induces a temporary state of altered perception and symptoms similar to those of psychosis (such as hallucinations). 2. noun A psychotomimetic drug (such as LSD) …   Wiktionary

• psychotomimetic — 1. A drug or substance that produces psychologic and behavioral changes resembling those of psychosis; e.g., LSD. 2. Denoting such a drug or substance. SYN: psychosomimetic. [psychosis + G. mimetikos, imitative] * * * psy·choto·mi·met·ic sī .kät… …   Medical dictionary

• drug use — Introduction       use of drugs for psychotropic rather than medical purposes. Among the most common psychotropic drugs are opiates ( opium, morphine, heroin), hallucinogens (LSD, mescaline, psilocybin), barbiturates, cocaine, amphetamines,… …   Universalium

• Psychotomimetic — A drug with psychotomimetic actions mimics the symptoms of psychosis, including delusions and/or hallucinations. Some drugs of the opioid class have psychotomimetic effects such as pentazocine and butorphanol. [Musacchio JM. The psychotomimetic… …   Wikipedia

• psychotomimetic —    Also known as psychotic, hallucinogen, hallucinogenic drug, hallucinogenic substance, magicum, pseudohallucinogen, illusinogen, mysticomimetic, phanerothyme, phantasticum, eideticum, psychedelic, psychedelic drug, and psychedelic substance.… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• drug cult — Introduction       group using drugs to achieve religious (religious experience) or spiritual revelation and for ritualistic purposes.       Though the idea may be strange to most modern worshippers, drugs have played an important role in the… …   Universalium

• drug — 1. Therapeutic agent; any substance, other than food, used in the prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, treatment, or cure of disease. For types or classifications of drugs, see the specific name. SEE ALSO: agent. 2. To administer or take a …   Medical dictionary

• drug-induced hallucination —    Also known as psychedelic hallucination. Both terms are used to denote a hallucination occurring after the use of a psychoactive substance. The British anthropologist Richard Rudgley (b. 1961) defines psychoactive substances as those that… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• drug-induced synaesthesia —    A term used to denote a type of synaesthesia (i.e. a member of the group of perceptual phenomena exemplified by colour hearing) falling into the class of non idiopathic synaesthesias. Etio logically, drug induced synaesthesias are associated… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• psychotomimetic — /suy kot oh meuh met ik, muy /, adj. (of a substance or drug) tending to produce symptoms like those of a psychosis; hallucinatory. Also, psychomimetic. [1955 60; PSYCHOT(IC) + O + MIMETIC] * * * …   Universalium