| Definitions of 'narcotic' |
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1. (adj) narcotic
a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction
2. (adj) narcotic
of or relating to or designating narcotics
"narcotic addicts"; "narcotic stupor"
3. (adj) narcotic, narcotizing, narcotising
inducing stupor or narcosis
"narcotic drugs"
4. (adj) narcotic, soporiferous, soporific
inducing mental lethargy
"a narcotic speech"
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| Definitions of 'narcotic' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (adj) narcotic
having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic
2. (noun) narcotic
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
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