What does the word Narcotics mean?
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Same etymon. Substances, which have the property of stupefying;- as opium, stramonium, hyoscyamus, belladonna, &c. They are used in medicine as soothing agents; exerting their special influence on the brain and tubular matter of the spinal marrow. In small doses, as a general rule, narcotics stimulate; in large, they act as sedatives. The following is a list of the chief narcotics :-Aconitum, Aetherea, Belladonna, Camphora, Cannabis, Conium, Digitalis, Humulus, Hyoscyamus, Lactucarium, Opium and Morphia, Stramonii Folia, Stramonii Semina, Mental Narcotics. ( Appropriate Musio, Monotonous sounds, or any succession of monotonous impressions.)
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Usage examples for Narcotics
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I think you should know that the career which was planned for me was that of a doctor, and I have always been very interested in the effects of narcotics. – The Man Who Knew by Edgar Wallace
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Page 298, he calls opium the " most destructive of all narcotics," and wishes he could " speak through a lengthened trumpet, that he might tingle the ears" of those who use and prescribe it. – The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd
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" Narcotics squad," the man said briefly. – Prologue to an Analogue by Leigh Richmond
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We will seek new partnerships with States and cities in order to deal with this hideous narcotics problem. – Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present by Various
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The effects of these narcotics had worn off in some of the men and they suffered the worse for it. – "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Floyd Gibbons
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