anxiogenic

== English == === Etymology === From anxio- +‎ -genic. === Adjective === anxiogenic (comparative more anxiogenic, superlative most anxiogenic) (pharmacology) Causing anxiety, or pertaining to the causing of anxiety. 2000 July 28, Frans B. M. de Waal, “Primates--A Natural Heritage of Conflict Resolution”, in Science, volume 289, issue 5479, 586-590: Thus, self-directed behavior increases after anxiogenic drug treatment but decreases after anxiolytic drug treatment (29 ). ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “causing anxiety”): anxiolytic ==== Derived terms ==== anxiogenicity ==== Related terms ==== anxiogenesis ==== Translations ==== === Noun === anxiogenic (plural anxiogenics) An anxiogenic drug: a drug that causes anxiety. ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “anxiogenic drug”): anxiolytic