initialism

1. Doctor of Dental Surgery. (medical)
   
2. Direct Digital Synthesis. (electronics)

noun

1. A drug that relieves congestion, e.g. pseudoephedrine.

noun

1. (medicine) A soothing medication used to relieve pain in inflamed tissues

adjective

1. soothing or softening

noun

1. (steroid hormone) A steroid hormone, produced in the adrenal cortex; sometimes manufactured synthetically for use in cases of adrenal insufficiency.

noun

1. A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression.

category:Pharmaceutical drugs

noun

1. (pharmaceutical drug) One of the stereoisomers of amphetamine; used to stimulate the central nervous system.

noun

1. (pharmaceutical drug) Chemical name for heroin.

noun

1. a substance that aids digestion

adjective

1. of, relating to, or functioning in digestion
2. having the power to cause or promote digestion

noun (digitales)

1. A genus of herbaceous shrubs of the Scrophulariaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea.
2. A medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc.

1. • 2001: The ancient remedy , extracted from the foxglove plant, for example, acts by blocking sodium channels in heart muscle, preventing potentially dangerous overactivity. " Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 25)

verb (dispenses, dispensing, dispensed, dispensed)

1. To issue, distribute, or put out.

The vending machine dispensed the coffee before the cup.

1. To eliminate or do without.

I wish he would with the pleasantries and get to the point.

noun

1. A drug that increases the rate of urine excretion.

adjective

1. Increasing the amount or frequency of urination.

proper noun

1. A diminutive of the male given name Donald or Gordon.

noun

1. (neurotransmitter) A neurotransmitter associated with movement, attention, learning, and the brain's pleasure and reward system.

noun

1. The administration of a drug etc, in a measured amount; dosing
2. The addition of a small measured amount of a substance to something e.g. sugar to wine
3. The measured amount so administered or added; the dose

noun

1. A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
2. The quantity of an agent (not always active) substance or radiation) administered at any one time.

verb (dos, ing)

1. To administer a dose
2. To prescribe a dose

noun

1. a tetracycline antibiotic used to treat a variety of infections

noun

1. (pharmacology) Substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
2. (pharmacology) A substance, often addictive, which affects the central nervous system.
3. A chemical or substance, not necessarily for medical purposes, that alters the way the mind or body works.
4. A drug, especially illegal, taken for recreational use.

1. • 1971: We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. " Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Harper Perennial 2005, p. 3)

verb (drug, g, ed)

1. (transitive) To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.

She suddenly felt strange, and only then realized she'd been drugged.

1. (transitive) To add intoxicating drugs to with the intention of drugging someone.

She suddenly felt strange. She realized her drink must have been drugged.