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- ANALGESIC:
- A type of drug that alleviates pain without loss of consciousness.
- HYPNOTIC:
- A drug that induces sleep by depressing the central nervous system.
- NARCOTIC:
- A natural or synthetic drug that has properties similar to opium or opium derivatives.
- NEUROPATHIC:
- Relating to a disease of the nerves.
- OPIATE:
- Drug derived directly from opium and used in its natural state, without chemical modification. Opiates include morphine, codeine, thebaine, noscapine, and papaverine.
- PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE:
- A condition that may occur after prolonged use of an opiate, but differing from addiction because the user is dependent on the drug for pain relief, rather than emotional or psychological relief.
- PSYCHOSIS:
- A severe mental disorder characterized by the loss of the ability to distinguish what is objectively real from what is imaginary, frequently including hallucinations.
- STYPTIC:
- The contraction of a blood vessel or the containment of a hemorrhage.
- WITHDRAWAL:
- A group of...
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