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nar·cot·ic
 narcotic
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- pronunciation:
- nar
ka
tihk
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition: |
a drug that causes a person to become sleepy or unconscious and that may be used as a medicine to dull pain or cause sleep. Narcotics can be dangerous when not used as a medicine and can become hard to give up.
- similar words:
- anesthetic, dope, drug, medicine
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derivation: |
narcotically (adv.) |
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