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drug [drʌg] n 1. (Medicine / Pharmacology) any synthetic, semisynthetic, or natural chemical substance used in the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of disease, or for other medical reasons Related adj pharmaceutical 2. (Law / Recreational Drugs) a chemical substance, esp a narcotic, taken for the pleasant effects it produces (Business / Commerce) drug on the market a commodity available in excess of the demands of the market vb drugs, drugging, drugged (tr) 1. (Cookery) to mix a drug with (food, drink, etc.) 2. (Medicine / Pharmacology) to administer a drug to 3. (Medicine / Pharmacology) to stupefy or poison with or as if with a drug Related prefix pharmaco- [from Old French drogue, probably of Germanic origin] druggy adj
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drug noun 1. medication, medicine, remedy, panacea, elixir, physic, medicament The drug will treat those infected 2. dope (slang), narcotic (slang), stimulant, illegal drug, opiate, recreational drug, addictive drug, hallucinogen, gear (slang), shit the problem of drug abuse verb 1. knock out, dope (slang), give drugs to, numb, deaden, stupefy, anaesthetize, render unconscious, give narcotics to They drugged the guard dog. 2. dope, lace (informal), spike (informal), tamper with, adulterate, add drugs to He had drugged her drink. Related words combining form pharmaco- Quotations "Sex and drugs and rock and roll" [Ian Dury song title] "opiate: an unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard" [Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary] "And though she's not really ill," "There's a little yellow pill;" "She goes running for the shelter" "Of mother's little helper" [Mick Jagger Mother's Little Helper] "Turn on, tune in and drop out" [Timothy Leary The Politics of Ecstasy] DrugsDrugs acetanilide or acetanilid, acriflavine, allopurinol, aloin, alum or potash alum, amitriptyline, amphetamine, (trademark) Benzedrine, or (slang) speed, ampicillin, amyl nitrite or (slang) popper, Amytal (trademark), Antabuse (trademark), antipyrine, apomorphine, araroba or Goa powder, Argyrol (trademark), arsphenamine, aspirin or acetylsalicylic acid, atropine or atropin, azathioprine, azedarach, bacitracin, barbitone or (U.S.) barbital, barbiturate, belladonna, Benadryl (trademark), benzocaine, benzodiazepine, berberine, bhang or bang, bitter aloes, bromal, bupivacaine, caffeine, calomel, cannabis, cantharides, carbamazepine, carbimazole, cascara sagrada, chlorambucil, chloramphenicol, chlordiazepoxide, chloroquine, chlorothiazide, chlorpromazine, chlorpropamide, chlortetracycline, chlorthalidone, chrysarobin, cinchona, cinchonine, cocaine, cocain, or (slang) coke or Charlie, codeine, contrayerva, cortisone, co-trimoxazole, curare or curari, cyclopropane, cyclosporin-A, dapsone, DET or diethyltryptamine, dextroamphetamine, digitalis, dimenhydrinate or (trademark) Dramamine, disulfiram, DMT or dimethyltryptamine, ephedrin or ephedrine, fentanyl, ganja, gemfibrozil, hashish or charas, hemlock, hemp, heroin or diamorphine, hydrocortisone or cortisol, hyoscyamine, ibuprofen, imipramine, indomethacin, ipecac or ipecacuanha, ivermectin, kaolin or kaoline, ketamine, laudanum, Librium (trademark), LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide, or (slang) acid, marijuana or marihuana, mecamylamine, mepacrine, quinacrine (U.S.), Atebrin (trademark), or (U.S. trademark) Atabrine, meperidine or meperidene hydrochloride, merbromin, mercaptopurine, mescaline or mescalin, methadone or methadon, methamphetamine, methotrexate, methyldopa, Mogadon (trademark), morphine or morphia, neomycin, nepenthe, nicotine, nitrazepam, nitrous oxide, dinitrogen oxide, or laughing gas, Novocaine (trademark) or procaine hydrochloride, nux vomica, opium, Paludrine (trademark), paracetamol, paraldehyde, paregoric, PCP (trademark), phencyclidine, or (informal) angel dust, penicillin, pentamidine, pentaquine, pentazocine, pentobarbitone sodium, sodium pentabarbital (U.S.), or (trademark) Nembutal, pentylenetetrazol, phenacaine, phenacetin or acetophenetidin, phenformin, phenobarbitone, phenolphthalein, phenothiazine, phenylbutazone, phenytoin, poppy, prednisolene, prednisone, primaquine, promethazine, propranolol, psilocybin, quercetin or quercitin, quinidine, quinine, reserpine, rhatany or krameria, rifampicin or (U.S.) rifampin, safflower or false saffron, salicin or salicine, saloop, salts, sanguinaria, santonin, scammony, scopolamine or hyoscine, scopoline, Seidlitz powder, Seidlitz powders ,or Rochelle powder, senna leaf, senna pods, squill, STP, stramonium, streptomycin, sulphadiazine, sulphadimidine or (U.S.) sulfamethazine, sulpha drug, sulphanilamide, sulphathiozole, sulphisoxazole, temazepam, terebene, Terramycin (trademark), tetracycline, thalidomide, thiopentone sodium, thiopental sodium, or (trademark) Sodium Pentothal, thiouracil, tricyclic, turpeth, valerian, Valium (trademark) or diazepam, verapamil, vinblastine, vinca alkaloid, vincristine, witch hazel or wych hazel, wormseed, yohimbine, zidovudine or (trademark) Retrovir Types of drug abirritant, abortifacient, ACE inhibitor, adjuvant, agrypnotic, alexipharmic, alkylating agent, alterative, anaesthetic or (U.S.) anesthetic, analeptic, analgesic, anaphrodisiac, anodyne, antagonist, antibiotic, anticholinergic, anticonvulsant, antidepressant, antidote, antiemetic, antifebrile, antihistamine, anti-inflammatory, antimalarial, antimetabolite, antimycotic, antiperiodic, antiphlogistic, antipyretic, antispasmodic, antitussive, anxiolytic, aphrodisiac, astringent, ataractic or ataraxic, attenuant, beta-blocker, bronchodilator, calcium antagonist or blocker, calmative, cardiac, carminative, cathartic, cholagogue, cimetedine, cisplatin, clomiphene, colestipol, contraceptive, convulsant, cytotoxin, decongestant, demulcent, depressant, depressomotor, diaphoretic, diuretic, ecbolic, emetic, emmenagogue, errhine, euphoriant, excitant, expectorant, expellant or expellent, febrifuge, general anaesthetic or (U.S.) general anesthetic, haemagogue or (U.S.) hemagogue or hemagog, haemostatic or (U.S.) hemostatic, hallucinogen, hepatic, hypnotic, immunosuppressive, inotropic, laxative, lenitive, local anaesthetic or (U.S.) local anesthetic, masticatory, miticide, narcotic, nervine, neuroleptic, NSAID or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, opiate, oxytocic, painkiller, palliative, pectoral, preventive, prophylactic, psychedelic or psychodelic, psychoactive, psychotomimetic, pulmonic (rare), purgative, radio mimetic, recreational, relaxant, resolvent, restorative, revulsive, roborant, sedative, sialagogue or sialogogue, soporific, sorbefacient, spermicide or (less commonly) spermatocide, steroid, stimulant, stupefacient, styptic, suppurative, sympatholytic, sympathomimetic, synergist, taeniacide or (U.S.) teniacide, taeniafuge or (U.S.) teniafuge, tetanic, tonic, tranquillizer, tranquilliser, or (U.S.) tranquilizer, tumefacient, vasoconstrictor, vasodilator, vasoinhibitor, vermifuge, anthelminthic, anthelmintic, or helminthic, vesicant or vesicatory, vomit, vulnerary General drug terms absorption, addiction, addictive, adiaphorous, ana, antimonial, aromatic, arsenical, autacoid, bacterin, bioassay, bioavailability, biological, blockade, botanical, chalybeate, chemoprophylaxis, cohobate, confection, contraindicate, control group, decoction, dependency, designer drug, dosage, dose, electuary, elixir, embrocation, emulsion, endermic, ethical, excipient, exhaust, external, extract, fluidextract, galenical, glycoside, hard, hypersensitive, hypodermic, hypodermic needle, hypodermic syringe, idiosyncrasy, incompatible, inhalant, intermediate-acting, intoxicating, lethal dose or LD, linctus, liquor, local, long-acting, magistral, mass, median lethal dose or mean lethal dose, medication, menstruum, mercurial, mind-expanding, minimum lethal dose or MLD, mixture, normal, officinal (obsolete), oleoresin, oral, overdose, over-the-counter, parenteral, pessary, placebo, positive, potentiate, prescription, proprietary, reaction, reactor, remedy, route, sensitivity, sensitize or sensitise, short-acting, side effect, signature (U.S.), soft, spansule, specific, spirit, suppository, tincture, succedaneum, synergism or synergy, tachyphylaxis, tolerant, topical, trituration, unit, unofficial, vehicle, venipuncture or venepuncture, vinegar, wafer, wine, withdrawal Drug abuse terms acid, acidhead, angel dust, blow, blow someone's mind, bombed, bong, bring down, bummer, burned, bust, buzz, Charlie, chillum, coke, cold turkey, comedown, connection, cook up, cop, crack, crackhead, crank up, dealer, do, dope, downer, drop, dry out, ecstasy or E, fix, freebase, gear, get off, get through (U.S.), glue-sniffing, gone, goof, goofball (U.S.), grass, habit, hash, head, high, hit, hooked, hop (obsolete), hophead (chiefly U.S.), hop up (dated), hype, hyped up, jack up, jag, jellies, joint, joypop, junk, junkie, kick, kif, knockout drops, line, lit up, loaded (chiefly U.S. & Canad.), magic mushroom, mainline, make it, Man (U.S.), Mickey Finn, mind-expanding, monkey (U.S. & Canad.), nail, narc (U.S.), nod out, number, OD or overdose, opium den, pep pill, pop, popper, pot, pothead, pusher, reefer, roach, score, shooting gallery, shoot up, skin-pop, skin up, smack, smackhead, smashed, smoke, snort, snowball, solvent abuse, space cadet, spaced out or spaced, speed, speedball, speedfreak, spliff, stash, step on, stoned, strung out, stuff, swacked, switch on, tab, toke, toot, trip, turn on, upper, user, wasted, weight, withdrawal, withdrawal symptoms, wrap, wrecked, zonked Translations drug [drʌ>g] A. N (Med) → medicamento m, fármaco m; (= addictive substance) → droga f; (= illegal substance) → droga f, narcótico m to take drugs → drogarse he's on drugs → se droga hard/soft drugs → drogas fpl duras/blandas to be a drug on the market → ser invendible B. VT [+ person] → drogar; [+ wine etc] → echar una droga en to be in a drugged sleep → dormir bajo los efectos de una droga to drug o.s → drogarse C. CPD drug abuse N → toxicomanía f drug abuser N → toxicómano/a m/f drug addict N → drogadicto/a m/f drug addiction N → drogadicción f, toxicomanía f drug baron N → capo m drug check N → prueba f de la droga, control m antidoping drug dealer N → traficante mf de drogas drug dependency N → drogodependencia f drug habit N → adicción f (a las drogas) drug peddler, drug pusher N → traficante mf de drogas, camello mf drug raid (US) N → redada f antidroga drug ring (US) N → red f de narcotráfico drug runner, drug smuggler N → narcotraficante mf drug squad N → brigada f antidrogas, brigada f de estupefacientes drugs raid N → redada f antidroga drugs ring N → red f de narcotráfico drug taker N = drug user drug traffic N → narcotráfico m, tráfico m de drogas drug trafficker N → traficante mf de drogas, narcotraficante mf drug trafficking N → narcotráfico m, tráfico m de drogas drug user N → consumidor(a) m/f de drogas, drogadicto/a m/f drug [ˈdrʌg] n (= medicine) → médicament m They need food and drugs → Ils ont besoin de nourriture et de médicaments. to be on drugs [patient] → être sous médication (= narcotic) → drogue f to take drugs → se droguer to be on drugs → se droguer He's on drugs → Il se drogue. hard drug, soft drug modif (= narcotic) [cartel, baron, culture, crime, offences, problem, smuggler] → de drogue, de la drogue drug abuse, drug abuser, drug addict, drug addiction, drug czar, drug dealer, drug habit, drug peddler, drugs ring, drug smuggler, drugs squad, drugs test, drug-taker, drug-taking, drug trafficker, drug trafficking, drug user (MEDICINE) [industry, therapy, manufacturer] → pharmaceutique vt → droguer drug company drug abuse n → usage m de stupéfiants drug abuser n → toxicomane mf drug addict n → toxicomane mf She's a drug addict → C'est une toxicomane. drug addiction n → toxicomanie f drug company n → compagnie f de produits pharmaceutiques drug czar n → responsable mf de la lutte contre la drogue drug dealer n → revendeur/euse m/f de drogue drug habit n to have a drug habit → se droguer drug-induced [ˌdrʌgɪnˈdjuːst] adj [behaviour, hallucination] (caused by narcotics) → provoqué(e) par des drogues; (caused by medicine) → provoqué(e) par des médicaments drug offence n → infraction f à la loi sur les stupéfiants They were arrested for drug offences → Ils ont été arrêtés pour infractions à la loi sur les stupéfiants. drug peddler drug pusher n → revendeur/euse m/f de drogue, dealer > m drug smuggler n → trafiquant(e) m/f de drogue drugs ring n → réseau m de trafiquants de drogue drugs squad n → brigade f antidrogue drugs test drug test n → contrôle m antidopage drug n (Med, Pharm) → Medikament nt, → Arzneimittel nt; (inducing unconsciousness) → Betäubungsmittel nt; (Sport) → Dopingmittel nt; he’s on drugs (Med) → er muss Medikamente nehmen; to put somebody on drugs → jdm Medikamente verordnen (= addictive substance) → Droge f, → Rauschgift nt; to be on drugs → drogen- or rauschgiftsüchtig sein; to take drugs → Drogen or Rauschgift nehmen; to get off the drug → von den Drogen loskommen ? hard drug, soft j (Comm, = unsaleable goods) a drug on the market (old) → eine unverkäufliche Ware; (in shop) → ein Ladenhüter m vt (Med) patient → Medikamente geben (+dat); (= render unconscious) person, animal → betäuben; to drug oneself up to the eyeballs on tranquillizers (Brit inf) → sich mit Beruhigungsmitteln vollpumpen (inf) drug: drug abuse drug abuser drug addict n → Drogen- or Rauschgiftsüchtige(r), Drogen- or Rauschgiftabhängige(r) mf drug addiction n → Rauschgiftsucht f, → Drogenabhängigkeit or -sucht f drug baron n → Drogenbaron m drug company n → Pharmaunternehmen nt drug culture n → Drogenkultur f drug dealer n → Drogenhändler(in) m(f), → Dealer(in) m(f) (inf) drug dependency n → Drogenabhängigkeit f drug: drug industry n (Pharm) → Arzneimittelindustrie f drug pusher n → Dealer(in) m(f) (inf) drug runner n → Drogenschmuggler(in) m(f) drug squad drug: drugstore n (US) → Drugstore m drug taker n to be a drug → Drogen or Rauschgift nehmen drug taking n → Einnehmen nt → von Drogen or Rauschgift drug test n (Sport) → Dopingkontrolle f drug traffic, drug trafficking n → Drogenhandel m drug trafficker n → Drogenschieber(in) m(f) drug treatment n (Med) → medikamentöse Behandlung drug user n → Drogenbenutzer(in) m(f) drug [drʌg] 1. n (Med) → medicina, medicinale m, farmaco; (addictive substance) → droga, stupefacente m he's on drugs → si droga (Med) → è in cura 2. adj → di droga drug dealer → spacciatore/trice di droga drug runner → trafficante m/f di droga drug running = drug traffic drug traffic → traffico di droga drug [drʌg] 1. n (Med) → medicina, medicinale m, farmaco; (addictive substance) → droga, stupefacente m he's on drugs → si droga (Med) → è in cura 2. adj → di droga drug dealer → spacciatore/trice di droga drug runner → trafficante m/f di droga drug running = drug traffic drug traffic → traffico di droga n drug [drag] 1 any substance used in medicine She has been prescribed a new drug for her stomach-pains. medisyne دَواء лекарство lék lægemiddel; medikament das Medikament φάρμακο medicamento arstim دارو lääke médicament תְּרוּפָה औषध, दवा lijek, opojno sredstvo gyógyszer obat lyf medicinale 薬 약 vaistas zāles ubat medicijn legemiddel, medikament lekarstwo droga medicament лекарство liek zdravilo lek medicin, läkemedel ยา ilâç 藥,藥物 ліки, медикамент دوا کی طرح استعمال کی جانے والی شے thuốc 药,药物 2 a substance, sometimes one used in medicine, taken by some people to achieve a certain effect, eg great happiness or excitement I think she takes drugs; He behaves as though he is on drugs. dwelms مُخَدِّر наркотик droga narkotika das Rauschgift ναρκωτικό droga, estupefaciente narkootikum ماده مخدر huumausaine drogue, stupéfiant סָם मादक द्रव्य narkotik, droga kábítószer obat bius eiturlyf droga 麻薬 마약 narkotikas narkotika dadah drug narkotika, rusgift, stoff narkotyk droga drog наркотик droga mamilo droga drog[], narkotika ยาเสพย์ติด uyuşturucu 使人上癮的毒品 наркотик ایسی دوا جسے نشہ خوری کے لۓ بھی لیا جاتا ہو ma túy; thuốc ngủ 使人上瘾的毒品 v – past tense, past participle drugged – to make to lose consciousness by giving a drug She drugged him and tied him up. bedwelm يُخَدِّر упоявам omámit bedøve unter Drogen setzen ναρκώνω drogar uimastama ماده مخدر مصرف کردن huumata droguer לְסָמֵם बेहोशी की दवा देना drogirati kábítószert ad be vkinek membius gefa (svefn)lyf drogare 麻薬を飲ませる 마약으로 마비시키다 apsvaiginti narkotikais dot/lietot narkotikas memberi dadah drogeren gi et bedøvende middel; bedøve uśpić narkotykami drogar a droga подмешивать наркотик omámiť omamiti drogirati droga วางยา ilâçla uyutmak 使服麻醉藥 давати наркотики نشے کی دوا کھلانا dùng ma túy; thuốc ngủ 使服麻醉药 n druggist (American) a person who sells medicines etc; a chemist; a pharmacist. apteker صَيْدَلي аптекар lékárník apoteker der Drogist, der Apotheker φαρμακοποιός farmacéutico apteeker داروساز؛ داروخانه دار apteekkari pharmacien/-enne סוֹחֶר תְּרוּפוֹת दवा बेचने वाला, औषध विक्रेता ljekarnik gyógyszerész penjual obat lyfsali, lyfjafræðingur farmacista 薬剤師 약제사 vaistininkas aptiekārs penjual apotheker apoteker, farmasøyt aptekarz farmacêutico farmacist аптекарь; фармацевт lekárnik, -čka lekarnar farmaceut apotekare, apoteksbiträde เภสัชกร eczacı 藥商 аптекар; фармацевт دوا فرفش dược sĩ 药商 n drug-ˌaddict a person who has formed the habit of taking drugs. dwelmverslaafde مُدْمِن مُحَدِّرات наркоман narkoman narkoman der Drogenabhängige τοξικομανής drogadicto, toxicómano narkomaan معتاد huumeriippuvainen toxicomane מָכוּר לְסָמִים नशेड़ी ovisnik o drogama kábítószerfüggő, narkomániás pecandu obat bius eiturlyfjasjúklingur drogato, tossicomane 麻薬中毒者 마약 중독자 narkomanas narkomāns penagih dadah verslaafde narkoman, stoffmisbruker narkoman drogado toxicoman наркоман narkoman, -ka zasvojenec zavisnik od droge narkoman ผู้ติดยาเสพย์ติด uyuşturucu bağımlısı 吸毒者,吸毒成癮的人 наркоман نشہ باز người nghiện ma túy 吸毒者,吸毒成瘾的人 n drugstore (American) a shop which sells various articles (eg cosmetics, newpapers and soft drinks) as well as medicines. apteek مَخْزَن أدويَه وَغَيْرِها дрогерия obchod se smíšeným zbožím drugstore der Drugstore, die Drogerie φαρμακείο farmacia que también vende periódicos y comestibles rohukauplus, apteek داروخانۀ بزرگ apteekki pharmacie בֵּית מִרקַחַת दवा की दुकान drogerija, ljekarna illatszer- és vegyesbolt toko obat lyfjabúð sem selur ÿmislegan annan varning farmacia ドラッグストア 약국 vaistinė aptieka kedai ubat drugstore apotek med parfymeri og kioskvarer drogeria drogaria drugstore магазин, торгующий лекарствами, косметикой, периодикой obchod s rôznym tovarom, kde sa predávajú aj lieky drogerija; drugstore dragstor apotek och kemikalieaffär, drugstore ร้านขายยา eczane 雜貨店(美國) аптека دواؤں کی دکان جہاں دیگر چھوٹے موٹے سامان بھی ملتے ہیں cửa hàng dược phẩm 杂货店(美国) drug → مخدرات lék lægemiddel Medikament φάρμακο droga lääke médicament lijek farmaco 薬 약 geneesmiddel medikament lekarstwo droga медикамент läkemedel ยา ilaç thuốc 毒品 How to thank TFD for its existence? 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| He sold a drug, pretending that it was an antidote to all poisons, and obtained a great name for himself by long-winded puffs and advertisements. The physician went to his house and made a polo club, the handle of which he hollowed out, and put in it the drug he wished to use. Possibly, but strychnine is a fairly rapid drug in its action. |
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