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noun
- an action done on a regular basis.
- It's become a of mine to have a cup of coffee after dinner.
- an action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness.
- By force of , he dressed for work even though it was holiday.
- a long piece of clothing worn by monks and nuns.
- It's interesting how Catholic and Buddhist monks both wear habits.
- a piece of clothing worn uniformly for a specific activity.
- The new riding habits of the team looked smashing!.
- customary manner of dress.
- 1719: w:Daniel Defoe, Daniel Defoe, w:Robinson Crusoe, Robinson Crusoe
- : ...it was always my fate to choose for the worse, so I did here; for having money in my pocket and good clothes upon my back, I would always go on board in the of a gentleman; and so I neither had any business in the ship, or learned to do any.
- an addiction.
- He has a 10-cigar .
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| hallucinogen |
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noun
- Any substance tending to induce hallucination
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| haloperidol |
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noun
- (pharmaceutical drug) A neuroleptic and a butyrophenone drug used in the treatment of mental illness such as psychosis.
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| hard |
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adjective
- Resistant to pressure.
- Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand
- a hard problem
- Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
- a hard life
- (context, of a person) , severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
- Unquestionable.
- hard evidence
- Of drink, strong.
- Of water, high in dissolved calcium compounds.
- (context, slang, vulgar) Sexually aroused.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
adverb (harder, hardest)
- With much strength or energy
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| hashish |
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noun
- The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
- 1855: Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
- :Coyly at first, but less guardedly as we grew bolder, we smoked the forbidden weed "Hashish," conversing lengthily the while about that world of which I had seen so much.
- 1876: Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins
- :You know hasheesh is the extract of hemp?
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noun - A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
- Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.
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| heparin |
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noun
- an anticoagulant compound originally isolated from liver cells, now made synthetically for medical use
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noun (plural: hepatics)
- Any compound that acts on the liver.
compound
- Japanese: ����� (�������, kanz� ni kiku)
adjective (no (compar) or (superl))
- Of or relating to the liver.
- Acting on or occurring in the liver.
- (colour) of a deep brownish-red color like that of liver.
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| heroin |
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noun
- A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria classed as a narcotic in most of the world.
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noun
- (biochemistry) An amine, C5H9N3, formed by decarboxylation of histidine, that causes dilatation of capillaries, contraction of smooth muscle, and stimulation of gastric acid secretion; it is released during allergic reactions.
- 2001: The intake of food triggers a release of , which activates the acid-secreting cells. " Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 46)
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noun
- (physiology) Any substance, produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
- (pharmacology) A synthetic compound with the same activity.
- Any similar substance in plants.
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| hydrocortisone |
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noun
- (steroid hormone) A steroid hormone, produced by the adrenal cortex, that regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates and maintains blood pressure.
- (pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic version of this hormone used to treat Addison's disease and other conditions.
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noun - (chemistry) an alkaloid, the stereoisomer of atropine, used medicinally to treat abdominal pain and similar conditions
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| hypnotic |
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noun
- A person who is, or can be, hypnotized.
- A soporific substance.
adjective
- Of, or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- inducing, Inducing sleep; soporific.
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| hypo |
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noun
- (photography) sodium thiosulfate, a photographic fixing agent.
- (slang) A hypoglycaemia attack in a person with diabetes.
- (slang) The substance sodium hyposulfite.
- (slang) A hypodermic syringe .
- (slang) hypothecation, Hypothecation.
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noun - A hypodermic syringe, needle or injection
adjective - Of, or relating to the hypodermis, the layer beneath the dermis
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