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noun
- Any class of substances or drugs, that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour that are also illegal.
- Any type of numbing drug.
adjective
- Of, or relating to narcotics.
- Inducing sleep; causing narcosis.
Etymology: From (term, narcotique, lang=fro) < (term, narcoticum, lang=la) < Ancient Greek (term, sc=polytonic, á, tr=narkÅ, , benumb, lang=grc) < (term, sc=polytonic, , tr=narkÄ, , numbness, torpor).
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