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NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An antagonist used to counteract the effects of narcotics (especially to counteract the depression of respiration)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("narcotic antagonist" is a kind of...):
antagonist (a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "narcotic antagonist"):
Nalline; nalorphine (a narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine))
naloxone; Narcan (a potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine)
naltrexone (an oral antagonist against the action of opiates)
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