Betäubungsmittel — meaning in English
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English meaning
- anesthetic noun A drug used to stop pain or cause unconsciousness for a medical procedure.
- drug noun A substance taken for its effect on the body or mind, whether medicinal or intoxicating.
Senses
Betäubungsmittel is used for these senses in English:
- anesthetic (American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
- controlled substance (legal, criminology) A drug or chemical whose use, possession, manufacture, or sale is regulated or banned by the government.
- drug A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.
- local anesthetic (medicine) An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.
anesthetic — full definition
- noun A drug used to stop pain or cause unconsciousness for a medical procedure.
- adj Causing loss of sensation or reducing pain.
drug — full definition
- noun A substance taken for its effect on the body or mind, whether medicinal or intoxicating.
- verb To secretly give someone an intoxicating or sedating substance.
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