narcotic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: narcotic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for narcotic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
narcotic adj of or relating to or designating narcotics; "narcotic addicts"; "narcotic stupor" inducing stupor or narcosis; "narcotic drugs" Synonym(s): narcotic, narcotizing, narcotising inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech" Synonym(s): narcotic, soporiferous, soporific n a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Narcotic \Narcot"ic\, a. [F. narcotique, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?], fr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?] to benumb, na`rkh numbness, torpor.] (Med.) Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic. -- {Narcot"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.