English

Noun

thymoleptic ‎(plural thymoleptics)

1. (medicine) Any drug that modifies a patient's mood, but especially an antidepressant medication
   • 1970, Carl Curt Pfeiffer, John John Raymond Smythies [eds], INTERNATIONAL REVIEW NEUROBIOLOGY, Volume 12, Academic Press, page 354:

     The thymoleptic drugs imipramine, desipramine, protriptyline, etc., are used to elevate depressive states.