narcotism

American  

[nahr-kuh-tiz-uhm] / ˈnɑr kəˌtɪz əm /

noun

1. habitual use of narcotics.

2. the action or influence of narcotics.

3. narcosis.

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narcotism British  

/ ˈnɑːkəˌtɪzəm /

noun

1. stupor or addiction induced by narcotic drugs

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Other Word Forms

• narcotist noun

Etymology

Origin of narcotism

1825–35; earlier narcoticism. See narcotic, -ism

Example Sentences

Coma, or stupor, is met with chiefly in the following morbid states: severe typhus or typhoid fevers; malignant scarlet fever; small-pox; rarely in measles; pernicious malarial fever; ur�mia; apoplexy; opiate narcotism, or that from chloral or alcoholic intoxication; asphyxia from inhaling carbonic acid gas, ether, chloroform, etc.; fracture of the skull with compression of the brain.

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How does a patient breathe when moribund from simple exhaustion, and how does such respiration differ from the toil and struggle of asthma or the stertor of narcotism?

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Slowness, in marked degree, attends apoplexy, opium narcotism, and fracture of the skull compressing the brain.

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Natural sleep is one of these; the unconsciousness of narcotism or anesthesia is another.

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The consequence has not always been success, but I have not seen any reason to imagine that the life has not been lengthened by the practice; and sometimes when the narcotism has ceased, the disease has exhibited so marked an improvement, that I have dated the recovery from that period.

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