Opioid

Meaning

Noun

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In Drugs & Recreational drugs:

substance

that has effects

similar

to opium.

●

In Physiology, Drugs & Recreational drugs:

Any of the natural

, such as an

in the body in

to pain.

●

In Pharmacology, Drugs & Recreational drugs:

Any of a group of

that

to the

that

in nature.

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Origin

opioid

English

-oid

English

εἶδος

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

εἴδω

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

opium

English

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Opioid

Meaning

Noun

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