Another word for drug
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Noun
A substance used in the treatment of disease
- Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- A pharmaceutical product or preparation.
- The science and art of diagnosing and treating disease or injury and maintaining health.
- The branch of this science encompassing treatment by drugs, diet, exercise, and other nonsurgical means.
- The practice of medicine.
- A drug or other substance used to treat disease or injury; a medicine.
- The act or process of treating a patient with medicine:
- An agent that promotes recovery from injury or ailment; a medicine.
See also:A substance that affects the central nervous system and is often addictive
- A narcotic, especially an addictive narcotic.
- Narcotics considered as a group.
- An illicit drug, especially marijuana.
- Any of various sedative narcotics containing opium or one or more of its natural or synthetic derivatives.
- A drug, hormone, or other chemical substance having sedative or narcotic effects similar to those containing opium or its derivatives:
- Something that dulls the senses and induces relaxation or torpor.
- A drug, such as morphine or heroin, that is derived from opium or an opiumlike compound, relieves pain, often induces sleep, can alter consciousness, and is potentially addictive.
- A controlled substance.
- A soothing, numbing agent or thing:
- A substance that induces hallucination.
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Verb
To administer or add a drug to
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Another word for drug
Noun
Medicinal substance
- A small pellet or tablet of medicine, often coated, taken by swallowing whole or by chewing.
- An oral contraceptive. Used with the.
- Something, such as a baseball, that resembles a pellet of medicine.
- The action of establishing a rule, law, or direction.
- Something that is prescribed; a rule, law, or direction:
- A written order, especially by a physician, for the preparation and administration of a medicine or other treatment.
- Something, such as a drug or a bandage, that is used to treat a symptom, disease, injury, or other condition.
- Something that corrects an evil, fault, or error.
- The means of obtaining redress of a wrong or enforcement of a right.
- A drug or other substance used to treat disease or injury; a medicine.
- The act or process of treating a patient with medicine:
See also:Any stimulant or depressant
- Alternating periods of good and bad fortune or spirits.
- A depressant or sedative drug, such as a barbiturate or tranquilizer.
- One that depresses, such as an experience or person.
- Unable to stand because of disease or sometimes injury. Used of livestock.
- Higher in place, position, or rank:
- Situated on higher ground:
- Lying farther inland:
- A narcotic, especially an addictive narcotic.
- Narcotics considered as a group.
- An illicit drug, especially marijuana.
- A drug that is believed to be nonaddictive and less damaging to the health than a hard drug.
- a potent drug, such as heroin or cocaine, that typically leads to physical or psychological dependency
- Inducing or tending to induce sleep.
- Drowsy.
- A drug or other substance that induces sleep; a hypnotic.
- Of or relating to hypnosis.
- Of or relating to hypnotism.
- Inducing or tending to induce sleep; soporific:
- Inducing stupor; stupefying or narcotic.
- A drug, such as a narcotic, that induces stupor.
- Of or relating to restoration.
- Tending or having the power to restore:
- Something that restores.
- Someone or something that arouses.
- An agent, such as a medication, that is supposed to restore or improve health or well-being.
- A liquid preparation for the scalp or hair.
- An invigorating, refreshing, or restorative agent or influence:
- A drug synthesized to have properties similar to a known hallucinogen or narcotic but having a slightly altered chemical structure, usually in order to evade restrictions against illegal substances.
- A drug that is synthesized, especially by genetic engineering, in order to treat a specific medical condition or a specific patient population.
- A drug used to treat clinical depression.
- A drug in the form of a pill or capsule used to relieve insomnia.
- A substance that induces hallucination.
- Any of various preparations of ammonium carbonate and perfume, sniffed as a restorative or stimulant especially to relieve faintness and headache.
- Used in or for inhaling.
- A drug, such as an anesthetic or bronchodilator, or another substance, such as saline solution, inhaled for medicinal purposes in vapor or aerosol form.
- A substance inhaled as an intoxicant, usually in the form of a vapor.
- Capable of soothing or eliminating pain.
- Relaxing:
- A medicine, such as aspirin, that relieves pain.
- An agent, such as an analgesic drug, that relieves pain.
- A medication that reduces or eliminates pain.
- Of or causing analgesia.
- A drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are prohibited by or regulated under the federal Controlled Substances Act or an analogous state law.
- Any of various sedative narcotics containing opium or one or more of its natural or synthetic derivatives.
- A drug, hormone, or other chemical substance having sedative or narcotic effects similar to those containing opium or its derivatives:
- Something that dulls the senses and induces relaxation or torpor.
- A substance consisting of ground, pulverized, or otherwise finely dispersed solid particles.
- Any of various preparations in the form of powder, as certain cosmetics and medicines.
- A dry explosive mixture, such as gunpowder.
- A liquid or liquid mixture, especially one that is medicinal, poisonous, or magical.
- A small pellet or tablet of medicine, often coated, taken by swallowing whole or by chewing.
- An oral contraceptive. Used with the.
- Something, such as a baseball, that resembles a pellet of medicine.
- One that serves to tranquilize, as soothing music.
- Any of various drugs used to reduce tension or anxiety; an antianxiety agent.
- Any of various drugs used to treat psychotic states; an antipsychotic drug. Not in scientific use.
- Having a soothing, calming, or tranquilizing effect; reducing or relieving anxiety, stress, irritability, or excitement.
- An agent or a drug having a soothing, calming, or tranquilizing effect.
- A drug, such as morphine or heroin, that is derived from opium or an opiumlike compound, relieves pain, often induces sleep, can alter consciousness, and is potentially addictive.
- A controlled substance.
- A soothing, numbing agent or thing:
Verb
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- A narcotic, especially an addictive narcotic.
- Narcotics considered as a group.
- An illicit drug, especially marijuana.
- A specified quantity of a therapeutic agent, such as medicine, prescribed to be taken at one time or at stated intervals.
- The amount of radiation administered as therapy to a given site.
- An ingredient added, especially to wine, to impart flavor or strength.
- To strike or bump (someone or something) out.
- (idiomatic) To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head.
- (idiomatic) To put to sleep.
- To make numb, especially by cold.
- To render senseless or inactive, as from shock or boredom:
- Deprived of the power to feel or move normally; benumbed:
- Emotionally unresponsive; indifferent:
- To make or become numb.
- To place under the influence of a narcotic.
- To put to sleep; lull.
- To dull; deaden.
- To render insensitive or less sensitive.
- To make (an individual) nonreactive or insensitive to an antigen.
- To make emotionally insensitive or unresponsive, as by long exposure or repeated shocks:
- To cause (someone) to be unable to think clearly or be sensitive to the surroundings; daze:
- To amaze; astonish:
- To induce anesthesia in.
- To administer a medicinal substance to (a patient).
- To treat (a disease or condition) with medication.
- To add a medicinal agent to (a substance):
- To make tranquil; pacify:
- To sedate or relieve of anxiety or tension by the administration of a drug.
- To become tranquil; relax.
- Serenely deliberate, composed, and dignified in character or manner.
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