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stupefacient

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stu⋅pe⋅fa⋅cient

  [stoo-puh-fey-shuhnt, styoo-]
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–adjective
1. stupefying; producing stupor.
–noun
2. a drug or agent that produces stupor.
Origin:
1660–70; < L stupefacient- (s. of stupefaciēns) prp. of stupefacere to benumb; see stupefy, -facient
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stu·pe·fa·cient   (stōō'pə-fā'shənt, styōō'-)   
adj.  Inducing stupor; stupefying or narcotic.
n.  A drug, such as a narcotic, that induces stupor.

[Latin stupefaciēns, stupefacient-, present participle of stupefacere, to stupefy; see stupefy.]
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