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narcotic

Definition of narcotic

an addictive drug affecting mood or behaviour, especially an illegal one: cultivation of a plant used to make a popular local narcotic
Medicine a drug which induces drowsiness, stupor, or insensibility, and relieves pain: pethidine, usually given as an injection, is a narcotic which causes drowsiness

relating to or denoting narcotics or their effects or use:the substance has a mild narcotic effect

Derivatives

late Middle English: from Old French narcotique, via medieval Latin from Greek narkōtikos, from narkoun 'make numb'

Definition of narcotic in the US English dictionary

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