Definitions For Opioid

Noun

OPIOID (plural OPIOIDs) 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. (pharmacology) Any of a group of synthetic compounds that exhibit similarities to the opium alkaloids that occur in nature.

Hyponyms

opiate

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: {{t-needed, cmn}} Finnish: opioidi German: Opioid, n Chinese: : Mandarin: {{t-needed, cmn}} Finnish: opioidi German: Opioid, n Chinese: : Mandarin: {{t-needed, cmn}} Finnish: opioidi German: Opioid, n

Etymology

from opium + oid.