narcotism

[ nahr-kuh-tiz-uhm ]

noun

1. habitual use of narcotics.
2. the action or influence of narcotics.
3. narcosis.

narcotism

/ ˈnɑːkəˌtɪzəm /

noun

1. stupor or addiction induced by narcotic drugs

Other Words From

• narco·tist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of narcotism¹

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

Example Sentences

Indeed, it is said to produce narcotism in some cases.

From Project Gutenberg

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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Stertorous respiration is familiar in apoplectic coma, as well as in that of brain compression from injury or from opium or alcoholic narcotism.

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

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