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Drug

To drudge; to toil laboriously.

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Aborticide 76% connected

The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.

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Abortifacient 76% connected

Producing miscarriage.

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Agonist 76% connected

One who contends for the prize in public games.

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Anaesthetic 76% connected

Capable of rendering insensible; as, anaesthetic agents.

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Anesthetic 76% connected

Same as Anaesthesia, Anaesthetic.

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Antagonist 76% connected

One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.

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Antisyphilitic 76% connected

Efficacious against syphilis.

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Arsenical 76% connected

Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenical vapor; arsenical wall papers.

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Botanical 76% connected

Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition.

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Dilator 76% connected

One who, or that which, widens or expands.

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Diuretic 76% connected

Tending to increase the secretion and discharge of urine.

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Excitant 76% connected

Tending to excite; exciting.

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Hypnotic 76% connected

Having the quality of producing sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.

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Intoxicant 76% connected

That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium, and laughing gas are intoxicants.

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Medicament 76% connected

Anything used for healing diseases or wounds; a medicine; a healing application.

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Medication 76% connected

The act or process of medicating.

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Medicine 76% connected

The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

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Mydriatic 76% connected

Causing dilatation of the pupil.

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Myotic 76% connected

Producing myosis, or contraction of the pupil of the eye, as opium, calabar bean, etc.

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Narcotic 76% connected

Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.

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Relaxant 76% connected

A medicine that relaxes; a laxative.

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Soporific 76% connected

Causing sleep; tending to cause sleep; soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium.

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Stimulant 76% connected

Serving to stimulate.

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Synergist 76% connected

One who holds the doctrine of synergism.

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Trental 76% connected

An office and mass for the dead on the thirtieth day after death or burial.

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Agent 76% connected

Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action.

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Habituate 76% connected

To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.

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Medicate 76% connected

To tincture or impregnate with anything medicinal; to drug.

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Medicine 76% connected

The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.

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Use 76% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

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Manner of action 8

Anaesthetize 76% connected

To render insensible by an anaesthetic.

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Base 76% connected

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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Inject 76% connected

To throw in; to dart in; to force in; as, to inject cold water into a condenser; to inject a medicinal liquid into a cavity of the body; to inject mo…

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Narcotize 76% connected

To imbue with, or subject to the influence of, a narcotic; to put into a state of narcosis.

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Overdose 76% connected

To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to.

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Poison 76% connected

Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a dea…

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Snort 76% connected

To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.

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Chemist 74% connected

A person versed in chemistry or given to chemical investigation; an analyst; a maker or seller of chemicals or drugs.

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Chemist 74% connected

A person versed in chemistry or given to chemical investigation; an analyst; a maker or seller of chemicals or drugs.

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Dose 74% connected

The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.

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Dose 74% connected

The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.

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Causes 1

Trip 72% connected

To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.

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Containing whole 1

Pharmacopoeia 70% connected

A book or treatise describing the drugs, preparations, etc., used in medicine; especially, one that is issued by official authority and considered as…

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Synonym 1

Dose 92% connected

The quantity of medicine given, or prescribed to be taken, at one time.

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