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💊 A cannabis chemical 🧬 Related to cannabinoids
cannabinoid

cannabinoid

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Relating to the chemicals in cannabis or to similar chemicals in the body
  • adjective
  • /ˌkænəˈbɪnɔɪd/
  • Specialized
: cannabinoide
  • What we find out is that we have our own circulating cannabinoid chemicals in our body that don't come from the plant.
  • cannabinoid receptors
  • cannabinoid products

In terms of the effects of cannabis, it's sufficient to say that cannabinoid receptors are present and active in the developing fetus.

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Examples

  • The newly discovered cannabinoid could play a significant role in developing treatments for neurological disorders.

  • Cannabinoids in cannabis activate cannabinoid receptors in our bodies.

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  • What we find out is that we have our own circulating cannabinoid chemicals in our body that don't come from the plant.

  • Meanwhile, Bologna and Florence had some of the highest cannabinoid levels, which Cecinato

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  • Another systematic review similarly found adverse acute and chronic mental effects (e.g., anxiety, psychosis, dependence) to be common among regular users of synthetic cannabinoid products.

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  • This is why medicinal marijuana has its claim to fame—because while it has its primary effect on the cannabinoid 1 receptors, which tend to have more of an effect on the brain and central nervous system, it also has some effect on cannabinoid 1 receptors.

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  • Like glycine and sarcosine, further elaborations could be achieved with understanding herbs that activate the GABA neurotransmitters and possible relations to cannabinoid receptors.

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  • The research focuses on a cannabinoid compound that may help reduce anxiety and improve mood.

  • Doctors are studying the cannabinoid effects on patients suffering from chronic pain.

Surface Forms

cannabinoid positive

Morphology

cannabinoid = cannabis (semi-transparent) = cannabin + oid

Formed from 'cannabis' + '-oid'; the connection to 'cannabis' is clear but understanding the technical sense ('relating to the class of compounds') and the suffix '-oid' may not be obvious to an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Cannabinoid comes from cannabis, the name for the hemp plant used long ago, plus the ending -oid, which means 'like' or 'in the form of'. So when cannabinoid is an adjective it describes something that is 'like' or related to the chemicals and effects of the cannabis plant.