narcosynthesis

[nahr-koh-sin-thuh-sis]

noun

1. a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.

Word History and Origins

Origin of narcosynthesis¹

First recorded in 1940–45; narco- + synthesis

Example Sentences

The first man is very likely to feel guilty . . . and under narcosynthesis may shout, "I should have got it instead of him!"

From Time Magazine Archive

We can't risk narcosynthesis and that's essential.

From Project Gutenberg