opioid
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
/ˈəʊpiɔɪd/(UK)
Definition of opioid
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A substance that has effects similar to opium:
“Mechoulam concluded that our bodies must produce their own cannabinoids — endogenous molecules that, like the native opioids and nicotinelike molecules our bodies also make, engage the cannabinoid receptors throughout the human body.”
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noun
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A substance that has effects similar to opium:
“Mechoulam concluded that our bodies must produce their own cannabinoids — endogenous molecules that, like the native opioids and nicotinelike molecules our bodies also make, engage the cannabinoid receptors throughout the human body.”
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A substance that has effects similar to opium:
“The number of young children in the US who have died from opioid overdoses has increased significantly, according to a new study on accidental poisonings of children 5 and younger.”
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Etymology
Attested 1963; from opium + -oid, to distinguish from opiate.
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