opioid

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈəʊpiɔɪd/(UK)

Definition of opioid

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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.”
  2. 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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