A drug, hormone, or other chemical substance having sedative or narcotic effects similar to those containing opium or its derivatives: a natural brain opiate. Also called opioid.
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Any of various sedative narcotics containing opium or one or more of its natural or synthetic derivatives.
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Something that dulls the senses and induces relaxation or torpor.
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A drug (as morphine or codeine) containing or derived from opium and tending to induce sleep and alleviate pain.
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Something that induces rest or inaction or quiets uneasiness.
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adjective
Causing dullness or apathy; deadening.
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Containing opium or any of its derivatives.
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Inducing sleep or sedation; soporific.
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Resembling opium or its derivatives in activity.
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Containing or mixed with opium.
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verb-transitive
To dull or deaden as if with a narcotic drug.
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To subject to the action of an opiate.
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