"opioid" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈəʊpiɔɪd/ [UK] Forms: opioids [plural]
Etymology: Attested 1963; from opium + -oid, to distinguish from opiate. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|opium|oid}} opium + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} opioid (plural opioids)
  1. A substance that has effects similar to opium:
    (physiology) Any of the natural substances, such as an endorphin, released in the body in response to pain; an endogenous opioid.
    Categories (topical): Physiology
    Sense id: en-opioid-en-noun-RwQfTPiL Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
  2. A substance that has effects similar to opium:
    (pharmacology) Any of a group of synthetic compounds that exhibit similarities to the opium alkaloids that occur in nature.
    Categories (topical): Pharmacology, Drugs, Recreational drugs Hyponyms: opiate
    Sense id: en-opioid-en-noun-Uqed2xwE Disambiguation of Drugs: 42 58 Disambiguation of Recreational drugs: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -oid, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 32 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 32 68 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (substance that has effects similar to opium): 鴉片劑 (Chinese Mandarin), 鸦片剂 (yāpiànjì) (Chinese Mandarin), opioidi (Finnish), Opioid [neuter] (German), whakaporehu (Maori)
Disambiguation of 'substance that has effects similar to opium': 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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