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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Narcotic \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Narcotic \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
narcotic
adj 1: of or relating to or designating narcotics; "narcotic
addicts"; "narcotic stupor"
2: inducing stupor or narcosis; "narcotic drugs" [syn: {narcotizing}]
3: inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech" [syn: {soporiferous},
{soporific}]
n : a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for
pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to
addiction
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