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A narcotic is a type of drug that makes you feel sleepy or numb and relieves pain - some are legal medicines given by doctors after surgery, while the word is also used, especially by police and in law, as a general term for illegal drugs like heroin. As an adjective, 'narcotic' describes anything with that sleep-inducing, numbing effect.
麻醉藥、麻醉劑；（法律用語）毒品
組成From Greek 'narke' meaning numbness
同家族的字
- narcolepsyshares the Greek 'narco' root about sleep and numbness
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
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narcoticnoun詞源 1/nɑːˈkɒtɪk/
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medicinepharmacologysciencesAny 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.
- "Real San Juan Colorado," he said. "Excitable people like you are the better for narcotics. Heavens! don't bite it! Cut - and cut with reverence!"
- In 2016, the CDC established guidelines for prescribing narcotics for chronic pain.
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Any type of numbing or soothing drug.
- But, for the unquiet heart and brain, A use in measured language lies; The sad mechanic exercise, Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.
- Podson grabbed at his tobacco with a fervent, "God! just about saved my life." With a cigarette going he grabbed at the papers, requiring spiritual sustenance as well as a divine narcotic.
narcoticadj詞源 2/nɑːˈkɒtɪk/
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Of, or relating to narcotics.
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medicinepharmacologysciencesInducing sleep; causing narcosis.
- The duration of a prescription may give clues into how long a person ends up using a narcotic painkiller, a new study finds.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。