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Definition of opiate in English: opiateadjective ˈəʊpɪətˈoʊpiˌeɪt Relating to, resembling, or containing opium. 鸦片的；似鸦片的；含鸦片的 Example sentencesExamples - Anti-cancer drugs and radiotherapy commonly produce nausea and vomiting, as do other drugs active in the central nervous system, including opiate pain killers (morphine, heroin) and also alcohol.
- Heroin is a powerful opiate analgesic derived from morphine.
- By using opiate analgesics and sedatives to provide comfort to a dying patient, we risk depressing respirations and causing hypotension, which may hasten death.
- The project, the first of its kind in the York area, aims to help addicts of heroin and other opiate drugs such as methadone.
- As the name might suggest, cells with opiate receptors respond to opium and its derivatives, morphine and heroin.
- Small studies have suggested that the opiate antagonist naltrexone is effective for treating alcohol addiction.
- He claimed that the practice of giving fishermen a strong opiate drug for withdrawal was just as dangerous as heroin as there was no way of monitoring its use at sea.
- Although patients with pain may request opiate analgesics, it is best to emphasize the benign treatments mentioned previously.
- The addition of opiate drugs in epidurals can create further risks for the mother, such as respiratory depression.
- Both were white women with a college education, and both used prescription opiate drugs along with heroin.
noun ˈəʊpɪətˈoʊpiˌeɪt 1A drug derived from or related to opium. 鸦片剂 the opiates are known to have natural counterparts called endorphins Example sentencesExamples - On the other hand, the state increased its regulation of legally manufactured drugs such as amphetamine, opiates, opioids, and, to a lesser extent, barbiturates and tranquilizers.
- No errors were found for current dependency on amphetamine, opiates, PCP, hallucinogens, and inhalants.
- Methadone is a synthetic opiate, similar to heroin, that blocks the effects of heroin and eliminates withdrawal symptoms.
- Spanish pharmacies had become paradises for dope fiends, and heroin users often maintained themselves with opiates and tranquilizers obtained in these facilities.
- In this case, the drug was an opiate called Percocet, a prescription pain medication.
- Lifestyle factors such as smoking, drug use (especially cocaine or opiates like heroin) and excessive alcohol consumption can affect sexual function.
- Powdered morphine, which is an opiate, sprinkled directly on the wound and oral opium also were used widely as analgesics.
- The results of a urine toxicology screen were positive for opiates and cocaine.
- Drugs such as opiates and cocaine are clearly very enjoyable, and users often report that such drugs produce intense feelings of pleasure.
- Drugs counsellors generally agree that residential treatment is the only means by which most addicts will permanently quit opiates - heroin, cocaine and methadone.
- A survey of general practitioners in Leicestershire has shown they are seriously dissatisfied with the systems in place for handling controlled drugs such as opiates.
- Whether it be alcohol, cannabis, opiates, Khat, cocaine, nicotine or merely caffeine, few of us seem able to face life without chemical crutches.
- The 10-minute test can detect cannabis up to 14 days after it is taken, but only three to five days after cocaine, amphetamines or opiates are used.
- This is a shortcoming that is probably unavoidable and applies to all double blind studies comparing opiates with other drugs.
- The agents treat opiate addiction by preventing symptoms of withdrawal from heroin and other opiates.
- There is no difference between men and women on lifetime prevalence of cannabis, cocaine, amphetamines, opiates, or sedatives.
- A urine drug screen for cocaine, opiates, and methamphetamine was conducted on each potential participant.
- Any painkillers containing opiates, such as laudanum, were out of the question until the concussion went away.
- A legal opiate analog such as methadone may be substituted for the abused opiate, with the methadone dosage then slowly reduced.
- The specimens are tested for marijuana, cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, PCP, and five other drugs.
Synonyms drug, narcotic, mind-altering drug, sedative, tranquillizer, depressant, sleeping pill, soporific, anaesthetic, painkiller, analgesic, anodyne barbiturate, bromide, morphine, opium, laudanum Medicine calmative, palliative, stupefacient informal dope, downer literary nepenthes dated sleeping draught - 1.1 A thing which soothes or stupefies.
〈喻〉缓和物；镇静剂 the capacity to use books as an opiate
verb ˈəʊpɪeɪtˈoʊpiˌeɪt [with object]usually as adjective opiated1Impregnate with opium. 给…注入鸦片 they smoked the last of his opiated dope - 1.1 Dull the senses of (someone) with or as if with opium.
she is not opiated with resignation Example sentencesExamples - See if it changes your paltry lives in the slightest to send him packing back to his richly opiated Irish mistress!
- There are other ways to watch than simply joining the opiated masses.
- They want us to feel impotent, to worship the golden calf of commercialism, dazzled and opiated by its pale buzzing glow.
Phrasesthe opiate of the people (or masses) Something regarded as inducing a false and unrealistic sense of contentment among people.
OriginLate Middle English (as a noun): from medieval Latin opiatus (adjective), opiatus (noun), based on Latin opium (see opium). Definition of opiate in US English: opiateadjectiveˈoʊpiˌeɪt Relating to, resembling, or containing opium. 鸦片的；似鸦片的；含鸦片的 Example sentencesExamples - Heroin is a powerful opiate analgesic derived from morphine.
- He claimed that the practice of giving fishermen a strong opiate drug for withdrawal was just as dangerous as heroin as there was no way of monitoring its use at sea.
- Both were white women with a college education, and both used prescription opiate drugs along with heroin.
- As the name might suggest, cells with opiate receptors respond to opium and its derivatives, morphine and heroin.
- By using opiate analgesics and sedatives to provide comfort to a dying patient, we risk depressing respirations and causing hypotension, which may hasten death.
- Although patients with pain may request opiate analgesics, it is best to emphasize the benign treatments mentioned previously.
- The addition of opiate drugs in epidurals can create further risks for the mother, such as respiratory depression.
- Small studies have suggested that the opiate antagonist naltrexone is effective for treating alcohol addiction.
- Anti-cancer drugs and radiotherapy commonly produce nausea and vomiting, as do other drugs active in the central nervous system, including opiate pain killers (morphine, heroin) and also alcohol.
- The project, the first of its kind in the York area, aims to help addicts of heroin and other opiate drugs such as methadone.
nounˈoʊpiˌeɪt 1A drug derived from or related to opium. 鸦片剂 Example sentencesExamples - Whether it be alcohol, cannabis, opiates, Khat, cocaine, nicotine or merely caffeine, few of us seem able to face life without chemical crutches.
- There is no difference between men and women on lifetime prevalence of cannabis, cocaine, amphetamines, opiates, or sedatives.
- Powdered morphine, which is an opiate, sprinkled directly on the wound and oral opium also were used widely as analgesics.
- The specimens are tested for marijuana, cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, PCP, and five other drugs.
- The agents treat opiate addiction by preventing symptoms of withdrawal from heroin and other opiates.
- Spanish pharmacies had become paradises for dope fiends, and heroin users often maintained themselves with opiates and tranquilizers obtained in these facilities.
- No errors were found for current dependency on amphetamine, opiates, PCP, hallucinogens, and inhalants.
- The 10-minute test can detect cannabis up to 14 days after it is taken, but only three to five days after cocaine, amphetamines or opiates are used.
- Drugs counsellors generally agree that residential treatment is the only means by which most addicts will permanently quit opiates - heroin, cocaine and methadone.
- Drugs such as opiates and cocaine are clearly very enjoyable, and users often report that such drugs produce intense feelings of pleasure.
- Any painkillers containing opiates, such as laudanum, were out of the question until the concussion went away.
- The results of a urine toxicology screen were positive for opiates and cocaine.
- Lifestyle factors such as smoking, drug use (especially cocaine or opiates like heroin) and excessive alcohol consumption can affect sexual function.
- A survey of general practitioners in Leicestershire has shown they are seriously dissatisfied with the systems in place for handling controlled drugs such as opiates.
- A urine drug screen for cocaine, opiates, and methamphetamine was conducted on each potential participant.
- Methadone is a synthetic opiate, similar to heroin, that blocks the effects of heroin and eliminates withdrawal symptoms.
- On the other hand, the state increased its regulation of legally manufactured drugs such as amphetamine, opiates, opioids, and, to a lesser extent, barbiturates and tranquilizers.
- A legal opiate analog such as methadone may be substituted for the abused opiate, with the methadone dosage then slowly reduced.
- In this case, the drug was an opiate called Percocet, a prescription pain medication.
- This is a shortcoming that is probably unavoidable and applies to all double blind studies comparing opiates with other drugs.
Synonyms drug, narcotic, mind-altering drug, sedative, tranquillizer, depressant, sleeping pill, soporific, anaesthetic, painkiller, analgesic, anodyne - 1.1 A thing which soothes or stupefies.
〈喻〉缓和物；镇静剂
verbˈoʊpiˌeɪt [with object]usually as adjective opiatedImpregnate with opium. 给…注入鸦片
Phrasesthe opiate of the masses (or people) Something regarded as inducing a false and unrealistic sense of contentment among people. Example sentencesExamples - The priest mentioned Marx's line about religion as the opiate of the masses.
- While Canada is a multi-cultural country of many religions, hockey is the opiate of the masses here in the land of the frozen north…
- History was rewritten to suit the leader's whims and contemplation was dismissed as the opiate of the masses.
- It's no secret that the opiate of the masses turned out to be consumerism.
- Big government is not just the opiate of the masses.
- It's the stuff that dreams are made of, and that's probably why sport is the opiate of the masses.
- It may be the opiate of the masses, but our household has stepped out of the masses it seems.
- And the sciences, though not intended to be, have become the opiate of the masses.
- Welfare is the opiate of the masses.
- One usually thinks though that gambling is the opiate of the masses.
OriginLate Middle English (as a noun): from medieval Latin opiatus (adjective), opiatus (noun), based on Latin opium (see opium). |