🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

항불안제

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hang-bur-an-je

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Anxiolytic/ˌæŋ.zi.əˈlɪt.ɪk/
adjectivenounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"의사가 항불안제를 처방했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Tending to relieve anxiety or tension.

    "The psychiatrist prescribed an anxiolytic medication to help manage his acute panic attacks."
As noun
  1. 1

    A drug or other agent used to prevent or treat anxiety.

    "Benzodiazepines are widely prescribed anxiolytics known for their rapid calming effects."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek word 'anxietas' (meaning anxiety, via French) combined with the Neo-Latin combining form '-lytic' from Greek 'lytikos' meaning able to dissolve or loosen. Coined in the mid-20th century during the rapid expansion of psychopharmacology to describe medications that specifically reduce anxiety.

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