narco-, narc-, -narcotic, narcotico-, -narcosis, -narcoticism +
(Greek: numbness, dullness; sleep, stupor, torpor; benumb, deaden)
narcotics
Dope for dopes (aka idiots).
narcotine
A bitter crystalline alkaloid derived from opium sometimes used in medicine.
narcotism
1. Stuporous analgesia induced by a narcotic.
2. Addiction to a narcotic.
3. As commonly used, the term refers to the condition in which the drug is present in amounts great enough to be toxic, or, in any event, sufficient to alter behavior.
4. The condition produced by narcotics; a state of stupor, somnolence, or insensibility.
5. A morbid inclination to sleep.
narcotize, narcotized, narcotizing
1. To bring or render insensible with a narcotic.
2. To make dull or to deaden.
3. To diminish consciousness as in the administration of a general anesthesia or sedation.
phlebonarcosis
Intravenous anesthesia.
phrenonarcosis
A term for a dulling of the senses or intellect; a state of stupor.
pseudonarcotic
Inducing sleep a sedative effect, but not directly narcotic.
subnarcotic
Slightly narcotic.
toponarcosis
A localized cutaneous anesthesia.
Related "sleep" units:
dorm-;
hypno-;
letho-;
oneiro- (dream);
somni-;
sopor-.