/an'l ep"tik/ , Med.
adj.
1. restoring; invigorating; giving strength after disease.
2. awakening, esp. from drug stupor.
n.
3. a pharmacological substance that stimulates the central nervous system and also acts as an anticonvulsant.
[ 1655-65; analeptikós restorative, equiv. to analep-, var. s. of analambánein to restore ( ana- ANA- + lambánein to take) + -tikos -TIC ]