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o⋅pi⋅oid

  [oh-pee-oid]
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–noun Biochemistry, Pharmacology.
1. any opiumlike substance.
2. any of a group of natural substances, as the endorphins, produced by the body in increased amounts in response to stress and pain.
3. any of several synthetic compounds, as methadone, having effects similar to natural opium alkaloids and their derivatives.
–adjective
4. pertaining to such a substance.
Origin:
1955–60; opi(um) + -oid
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o·pi·ate   (ō'pē-ĭt, -āt')   
n.  

  1. Any of various sedative narcotics containing opium or one or more of its natural or synthetic derivatives.

  2. A drug, hormone, or other chemical substance having sedative or narcotic effects similar to those containing opium or its derivatives: a natural brain opiate. Also called opioid.

  3. Something that dulls the senses and induces relaxation or torpor.

adj.  

    1. Containing opium or any of its derivatives.

    2. Resembling opium or its derivatives in activity.

  2. Inducing sleep or sedation; soporific.

  3. Causing dullness or apathy; deadening.

tr.v.   (-āt') o·pi·at·ed, o·pi·at·ing, o·pi·ates

  1. To subject to the action of an opiate.

  2. To dull or deaden as if with a narcotic drug.


[Middle English, from Medieval Latin opiātum, from Latin opium, opium; see opium.]
o·pi·oid   (ō'pē-oid')   
n.  See opiate.
adj.  Opiate.

[opi(um) + -oid.]
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Main Entry: opi·oid
Pronunciation: 'O-pE-"oid
Function: adjective
1 : possessing some properties characteristic of opiate narcotics but notderived from opium
2 : of, involving, or induced by an opioid substance or an opioid peptide
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opioid o·pi·oid (ō'pē-oid')
n.
See opiate. adj.
Opiate.

o'pi·oid' adj.

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