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Narkotikum — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • anesthetic noun A drug used to stop pain or cause unconsciousness for a medical procedure.
  • goofball noun A silly, playful, or foolish person.
  • narcotic noun A drug that dulls pain and induces sleep, especially an opioid, often used illegally.

Senses

Narkotikum 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.
  • general anesthetic (medicine) An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation to the whole body, usually to the point of unconsciousness.
  • goofball (informal, pharmaceutical drug) A pill or tablet containing a pharmaceutical which has hypnotic or intoxicating effects, especially a barbiturate.
  • narcotic (pharmaceutical drug) Any substance or drug that reduces pain, induces sleep and may alter mood or behaviour; in some contexts, especially in reference to the opiates-and-opioids class, especially in reference to illegal drugs, and often both.

anesthetic — full definition

  1. noun A drug used to stop pain or cause unconsciousness for a medical procedure.
  2. adj Causing loss of sensation or reducing pain.

goofball — full definition

  1. noun A silly, playful, or foolish person.
  2. adj Silly or ridiculous.

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