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Definition of Opiate

1. Noun. A narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative.

Definition of Opiate

1. n. Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup, prepared with opium.

2. a. Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes.

3. v. t. To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep.

Definition of Opiate

1. to treat with opium [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Medical Definition of Opiate

1. A remedy containing or derived from opium, also any drug that induces sleep. Naturally occuring basic (alkaloid) molecules with a complex fused ring structure. Have high pharmacological activity. See: morphine. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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