opiates

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Any of the psychoactive drugs that originate from the opium poppy or that have a chemical structure like the drugs derived from opium Such drugs include opium, codeine, and morphine (derived from the plant), and hydromorphone (Dilaudid), methadone, and meperidine (Demerol), which were first synthesized by chemists
Drugs isolated from poium, such as morphine and codiene
Narcotic drugs derived from the opium poppy (p 183)
Drugs derived from opium
drugs such as opium and heroin derived from opium poppy that dull senses and induce euphoria, well being relaxation-also includes synthetic derivatives
A major class of drugs that depress the central nervous system and are used principally to relieve pain Examples include morphine, heroin, and codeine
plural of opiate
A range of drugs that are derived form the opium poppy and are strong central nervous system depressants and pain killers Drugs include opium, heroin, morphine and codeine
third-person singular of opiate
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Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation
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Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment
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Relating to, resembling, or containing opium
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To treat with an opiate drug
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Deadening; causing apathy or dullness
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{a} causing sleep
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{n} a medicine causing sleep
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Pain-killing drug chemically related to opium; also called a narcotic
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= compound containing the fundamental morphine or thebaine structure possessing some affinity to any, or all, of the opioid receptor subtypes Examples are heroin, buprenorphine and naltrexone
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Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes
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A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium
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a class of codeine-derived, controlled narcotics, such as Tylenol #3, Percocet (oxycodone), Darvon (propoxyphene) and methadone; used to manage severe cases of Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
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{i} narcotic drug containing opium; anything which soothes or causes sleepiness or dullness of the senses; pharmaceutical substance which has properties similar to opium and its derivatives
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a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative
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Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup, prepared with opium
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{f} medically administer opium or a derivative of opium in order to relieve pain or anesthetize completely; calm, dull the senses, make sleepy
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Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic
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Any substance, natural or synthetic, that is related in action to morphine and binds to the same, or some of the same, receptors Some writers use it just to mean opium, morphine, codeine, and heroin - the natural ingredients of the poppy and their derivatives, excluding the synthetic narcotic analgesics
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{s} containing opium or a derivative of opium; narcotic, drug; calming, pacifying; boring
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To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep
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An opiate is a drug that contains opium. Opiates are used to reduce pain or to help people to sleep
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Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness
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