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.
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.
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Nar*cot"ic*ness, n.
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