Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to produce delirium.
- noun In medicine, a substance which tends to produce delirium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Producing, or tending to produce, delirium.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective medicine Producing, or tending to produce,
delirium . - noun medicine Any substance that tends to cause
delirium .
Etymologies
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delirium + Latin faciens, facientis, present participle of facere to make.
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Examples
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Irregular action of the heart in a person falling asleep produces the well-known sensation of suddenly falling through space, and it seems quite possible that the combination of a delirifacient like belladonna with a drug producing irregular action of the heart like aconite might produce the sensation of flying.
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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