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Depressor reflex
A reflex that results in slowed muscle activity, as in the heart rate.
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Depressor fiber
A nerve that decreases arterial muscle tone and, as a result, lowers blood pressure.
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Depressomotor
Having the ability to diminish muscular movements by lessening the impulses for motion sent from the brain or spinal cord; said of drugs.
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Post-stroke depression
A dysphoric mood disorder that follows a cerebral infarction, found in about a quarter of stroke patients. Although for many years depression after strokes was thought to occur mainly in patients who had injured the nondominant hemisphere of the brain, research has shown that this phenomenon is most common in female patients and those who…
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Minor depression
A mood disorder lasting at least 2 weeks in which fewer symptoms of depression are present than in major depression (two to five symptoms as opposed to more than five).
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Masked depression
Depression in older adults that usually presents with physical symptoms or illness. Also called hidden or somatic depression.
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Double depression
An episode of major depression superimposed on dysthymic disorder.
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Respiratory depressant
An agent that lessens frequency and depth of breathing.
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Motor depressant
An agent that lessens contractions of involuntary muscles.
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Cerebral depressant
An agent that sedates or tranquilizes.
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