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Narcotic:
Narcotic:
Formerly, an agent capable of producing coma or stupor (from Greek narke: torpor, numbness). Now, usually, any drug which produces analgesia and is capable of producing stupor: pain is relieved by a dose or narcotic before the occurrence of sleep or unconsciousness. Legally, the tern "narcotic " is applied only to those drugs the sale and use of which is regulated by the Harrison Narcotic Act.
Cf. Addiction, Anesthetic, Analgesic
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