Meaning of NARCOTIC
| Pronunciation: | | nâr'kutic
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- [n] a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction
- [adj] inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech"
- [adj] inducing stupor or narcosis; "narcotic drugs"
- [adj] of or relating to or designating narcotics; "narcotic addicts"; "narcotic stupor"
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| | Synonyms: | | depressant, narcotising, narcotizing, soporiferous, soporific, uninteresting |
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| | See Also: | | codeine, deck, Demerol, dolophine hydrochloride, drug, fixer, hard drug, laudanum, meperidine, meperidine hydrochloride, methadon, methadone, methadone hydrochloride, morphia, morphine, opiate, opium, synthetic heroin, tincture of opium | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Nar*cot"ic\, a. [F. narcotique, Gr. ??????????, fr.
??????? to benumb, na`rkh numbness, torpor.] (Med.)
Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.
-- {Nar*cot"ic*ness}, n.
\Nar*cot"ic\, n. (Med.)
A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid
susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which,
in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions,
and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The
best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with
atropine), and conium.
Nercotykes and opye (opium) of Thebes. --Chaucer.
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| | Definition: | | Depresses the central nervous system, reduces pain and may cause drowsiness and euphoria. Narcotics are NOT addictive when taken for pain. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A narcotic is any drug which causes the depression of the central nervous system. This is the pharmacological definition of the term. Various law enforcement agencies may define the term narcotics differently; e.g. their definition may include the addictive potential as a consideration. |
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