opiate
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈoʊpiˌeɪt/
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- So, you know, the opiates are an issue that to me is a chronic medical disease when someone's suffering from opiate and substance use disorder.
- Opiate use
- opiate-type pain relievers
- opiate pain
This was at the beginning of the whole opiate epidemic, right?
- This was at the beginning of the whole opiate epidemic, right?
- There was no evidence of aspirin, paracetamol or indeed any opiate based painkillers.
- That one drug, one pill is responsible for the opiate epidemic that we're seeing right now.
- Can I actually trick an opiate test by eating seeds from poppy flowers?
- Sadly, we're seeing the terrible cycle play out on a larger societal level with the opiate epidemic.
- Prohibition hasn't stopped an epidemic of opiate use.
- So that's what creates the cycle of addiction and dependence with opiates.
- They may use drugs that numb or relax them, such as alcohol or marijuana or opiates to check out.
- And he goes up there on stage and he was a war veteran, got addicted to opiates.
- And for your people who don't know, Buvidal is basically an injection that you put in your muscle which blocks opiates for a month.
- When did when did it go from weed to opiates to cocaine?
- And lately we have this big opiate things right?
- So it's almost kind of like, you know, opiates are well known to opiate agonists.
Examples
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Sadly, we're seeing the terrible cycle play out on a larger societal level with the opiate epidemic.
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There was no evidence of aspirin, paracetamol or indeed any opiate based painkillers.
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You gave him a strong opiate injection.
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By the outbreak of the First World War, two opposing views on opiate use had emerged.
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The one exception is opiate substitution for heroin addicts; such programs work, and people stay with them.
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A trained dog is deployed during a traffic stop, looking for evidence of prescription-strength opiates.
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The doctor prescribed an opiate to help manage her chronic pain.
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During surgery, the patient received an opiate to ensure he felt no discomfort.
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Many people rely on opiates for relief from severe pain after an injury.
Synonyms
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1.9
A medicine or chemical that treats illness and sometimes changes how someone feels
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6.6
A strong illegal drug made from morphine that people easily become addicted to
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4.9
A very strong pain medicine for severe pain that can cause addiction
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6.6
A strong drug used for severe pain that can make a person numb and cause addiction
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2.6
Medicine you take to reduce pain
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6.9
A strong drug from poppy sap used for pain that often makes people addicted
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5.6
A medicine that treats pain and helps people stop using heroin
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7.9
A very strong man-made pain medicine used in hospitals that can make people addicted or cause overdose
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5.1
A drug that eases pain by acting on the body's pain system and can cause addiction
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6.1
A strong pain medicine a doctor gives to relieve moderate to severe pain
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9.9
A strong prescription pain medicine often causing addiction
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7.2
A man-made drug like morphine that helps people addicted to heroin avoid withdrawal symptoms
A strong illegal drug made from the pain medicine morphine that causes heavy addiction
Antonyms
How Pain-Relieving
Surface Forms
Morphology
opiate = opium (transparent) = opi + ate
The noun denotes something derived from or related to opium and is directly formed by the combining stem 'opi-' plus the suffix '-ate'.
Etymology
Opiate comes from opium, the 'juice' taken from the poppy plant that long ago people used to ease pain and bring sleep. So an opiate is a drug made from opium that helps relieve pain or makes someone sleepy.