ANALEPTICKS, in Medicine, Restoratives; or Remedies proper to restore the Body, when wasted or emaciated, either by the Continuance of a Disease, or the Want of Food. See RESTORATIVE. The Word is Greek, Ἀναληπτικά (Analeptika), derived from Ἀναλαμβάνω (Analambano), To re-establish, restore.
