Definition of Narcatic
Nar*cot"ic (?), a. [F.
narcotique, Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;, fr.
&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to benumb, na`rkh numbness, torpor.]
(Med.) Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as
a narcotic.
-- Nar*cot"ic*ness, n.
Nar*cot"ic (?), n. (Med.) 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.
Nercotykes and opye (opium) of
Thebes. Chaucer.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- An addictive drug, that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour.
- An illegal drug
- A person addicted to narcotics.
- Inducing sleep; causing narcosis.
- Of, or relating to narcotics.
- Of, or relating to a person addicted to narcotics.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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