Definitions for narcotic
nɑrˈkɒt ɪknar·cot·ic

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. narcoticadjective

   a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction

2. narcoticadjective

   of or relating to or designating narcotics

   "narcotic addicts"; "narcotic stupor"

3. narcotic, narcotizing, narcotisingadjective

   inducing stupor or narcosis

   "narcotic drugs"

4. narcotic, soporiferous, soporificadjective

   inducing mental lethargy

   "a narcotic speech"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. narcoticnoun

   Any class of substances or drugs, that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour.

2. narcoticnoun

   Any type of numbing drug.

3. narcoticnoun

   Certain illegal drugs.

4. narcoticadjective

   Of, or relating to narcotics.

5. narcoticadjective

   Inducing sleep; causing narcosis.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Narcotic

   The term narcotic (, from ancient Greek ναρκῶ narkō, "to make numb") originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with numbing or paralyzing properties. In the United States, it has since become associated with opiates and opioids, commonly morphine and heroin, as well as derivatives of many of the compounds found within raw opium latex. The primary three are morphine, codeine, and thebaine (while thebaine itself is only very mildly psychoactive, it is a crucial precursor in the vast majority of semi-synthetic opioids, such as oxycodone or hydrocodone). Legally speaking, the term "narcotic" may be imprecisely defined and typically has negative connotations. When used in a legal context in the U.S., a narcotic drug is totally prohibited, such as heroin, or one that is used in violation of legal regulation (in this word sense, equal to any controlled substance or illicit drug). In the medical community, the term is more precisely defined and generally does not carry the same negative connotations.Statutory classification of a drug as a narcotic often increases the penalties for violation of drug control statutes. For example, although U.S. federal law classifies both cocaine and amphetamines as "Schedule II" drugs, the penalty for possession of cocaine is greater than the penalty for possession of amphetamines because cocaine, unlike amphetamines, is classified as a narcotic.

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1. narcotic

   A narcotic is a type of drug that reduces pain, induces sleep, and can alter mood or behavior. Often derived from opium or produced synthetically, these substances can cause addiction and are controlled by law due to their potential abuses. It includes substances such as heroin, morphine, and certain prescription medications used for pain management.

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1. Narcoticadjective

   having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic

2. Narcoticnoun

   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

3. Etymology: [F. narcotique, Gr. narkwtiko`s, fr. narkoy^n to benumb, na`rkh numbness, torpor.]

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1. Narcotic

   The term narcotic originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with any sleep-inducing properties. In the United States it has since become associated with opioids, commonly morphine and heroin and their derivatives, such as hydrocodone. The term is, today, imprecisely defined and typically has negative connotations. When used in a legal context in the U.S., a narcotic drug is simply one that is totally prohibited, or one that is used in violation of strict governmental regulation, such as heroin or morphine. From a pharmacological standpoint it is not a useful term, as is evidenced by the fact that spirit and wine are classified differently due to their intoxicating power; while the narcotic principle to opium and tobacco imparts similar properties. In popular language, alcohol is classed among the stimulants; and opium and tobacco among the narcotics; which are substances whose ultimate effect upon the animal system is to produce torpor and insensibility; but taken in small quantities they at first exhilarate. And since alcohol does the same, most medical writers, at the present day, class it among the narcotics.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Narcotic

   nar-kot′ik, adj. having power to produce torpor, sleep, or deadness.—n. a medicine producing sleep or stupor.—n. Narcō′sis, the stupefying effect of a narcotic.—adv. Narcot′ically.—n. Nar′cotine, one of the organic bases or alkaloids occurring in opium.—v.t. Nar′cotise.—n. Nar′cotism, the influence of narcotics, or the effects produced by their use. [Fr.,—Gr. narkē, torpor.]

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1. cratonic

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of narcotic in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of narcotic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of narcotic in a Sentence

1. Sheriff Bobby Guidroz:

   I was told by officers responding that he was high on some sort of narcotic, we're going to do a thorough investigation as to what Sheriff Bobby Guidroz was high on.

2. Anonymous:

   Power (n) The only narcotic regulated by the SEC instead of the FDA.

3. Stuart Stevens:

   Pride is a powerful narcotic, but it doesn't do much for the auto-immune system.

4. Ali Shamsi:

   We are  continuously in contact with the Ministry of Counter Narcotics asking them to provide us capability, funds and assets to start the anti-narcotic campaigning in Kandahar province as quickly as possible.

5. Carl Jung:

   Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=narcotic
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Narcotic
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcotic
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/narcotic
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=narcotic
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=narcotic