narcotic
IPA: nɑrkˈɑtɪk
noun
- (pharmacology) Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both.
- Any type of numbing or soothing drug.
adjective
- Of, or relating to narcotics.
- (pharmacology) Inducing sleep; causing narcosis.
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Examples of "narcotic" in Sentences
- In full dose, it is narcotic and sedative.
- The police detected the presence of narcotics.
- As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and cathartic.
- Their excrement is the basis of the narcotic glitterstim.
- An opiate is any of the narcotic alkaloids found in opium.
- The plot of the movie is made with problems of a narcotic man.
- The article states hydromorphone is the strongest prescription narcotic.
- The area was at the heart of the trade route for the narcotic drug Pituri.
- It permits the administration of narcotic analgesia and Naloxone by paramedics.
- The police issued its annual report showing an increase in the volume of impounded narcotic drugs.
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