Look up: opiate

1. opiate
   [n] - a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative
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2. Opiate
   Drugs whose origin is the opium poppy, including codeine and morphine.
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3. Opiate
   Drugs derived from the opium poppy, such as heroin, that are both depressants and hallucinogens
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4. Opiate
   Any medication containing opium. E.g. morphine
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5. Opiate
   Opiate: A medication or illegal drug that is either derived from the opium poppy, or that mimics the effect of an opiate (a synthetic opiate). Opiate drugs are narcotic sedatives that depress activity of the central nervous system, reduce pain, and induce sleep. Side effects may include oversedation...
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6. Opiate
   O'pi·ate noun [ From Opium : confer French opiat .] 1. Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup, prepared with opium. Parr. 2. Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sle...
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7. Opiate
   O'pi·ate adjective [ See Opium .] Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes. Milton.
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8. Opiate
   O'pi·ate transitive verb To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep. [ R.] Fenton.
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9. opiate
   <pharmacology> A remedy containing or derived from opium, also any drug that induces sleep. ... Naturally occuring basic (alkaloid) molecules with a complex fused ring structure. Have high pharmacological activity. ... See: morphine. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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10. opiate
    noun a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative
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11. opiate
    (o´pe-әt) any narcotic sedative containing opium or any of its derivatives; the most common ones are codeine, heroin, methadone, and morphine. hypnotic (def. 2). endogenous opiates endorphins and enkephalins that are released by the body as a defense against pain or du...
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12. Opiate
    • (v. t.) To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep. • (a.) Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes. • (n.) Anything which induces rest or inaction; that which quiets uneasiness. • (n...
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13. opiate
    a remedy containing or derived from opium; also any drug that induces sleep.
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14. opiate
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ō′pē-āt Definitions: 1. Any preparation or derivative of opium.
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15. Opiate
    See Narcotic Opiates are a type of narcotic derived from the opium poppy plant. They produce the effect of dulling the senses and sometimes inducing sleep. Because of these qualities, opiates are highly effective in treating back pain for short periods of time.
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16. opiate
    A substance used to treat pain or cause sleep. Opiates are made from opium or have opium in them. Opiates bind to opioid receptors in the central nervous system. Examples of opiates are codeine, heroin, and morphine. An opiate is a type of analgesic agent.
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17. Opiate
    (EP) | Name = Opiate | Type = EP | single 1 = Hush | single 1 date = 1992 --> --> `Opiate` is an EP by American metal band Tool. Released in 1992, it was the result of some two years of the band playing together after their formation in 1990. "Opiate" preceded Tool`s first fu...
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18. Opiate
    :For other uses see Opiate (disambiguation), or for the class of drugs see Opioid. In medicine, the term `opiate` describes any of the narcotic opioid alkaloids found as natural products in the opium poppy plant, as well as many semisynthetic chemical derivatives of such alkaloids. Overview: ...
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