nootropic

  1. Noun.  (medicine) Any substance purported to increase cognitive abilities.
  2. Noun.  (pharmacology) A drug that enhances learning and memory and lacks the usual pharmacology of other psychotropic drugs (e.g. sedation, motor stimulation) and possesses very few side effects and extremely low toxicity.

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