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111hard drug — Pharm. an addicting drug capable of producing severe physical or psychological dependence, as heroin. [1965 70, Amer.] * * * …
112Dnepropetrovsk maniacs — Sayenko (left) and Suprunyuck with a dead cat …
113buspirone — bu·spi·rone byü spī .rōn n a mild antianxiety tranquilizer that is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C21H31N5O2·HCl and does not induce significant tolerance or psychological dependence see BUSPAR * * * n. a drug used to relieve the… …
114lysergic acid diethylamide — lysergic acid di·eth·yl·am·ide .dī .eth ə lam .īd n LSD * * * (LSD) a synthetic ergot alkaloid with psychotomimetic properties and both sympathomimetic and serotoninergic blocking effects; it counteracts barbiturates and is counteracted by… …
115drugs — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Medicinal substances Nouns 1. drugs; therapeutic drugs (see remedy); drug or substance abuse; drug addiction, [chemical] dependency, physical or psychological dependence, habit, reverse tolerance; glue… …
116cocaine — n. an alkaloid that is derived from the leaves of the coca plant (Erythroxylon coca) or prepared synthetically and is sometimes used as a local anaesthetic applied to mucous membranes in ear, nose, and throat surgery. It constricts the small… …
117hard drug — noun a narcotic that is considered relatively strong and likely to cause addiction • Ant: ↑soft drug • Hypernyms: ↑narcotic, ↑controlled substance • Hyponyms: ↑cocaine, ↑cocain, ↑heroin, ↑ …
118Substance abuse — Classification and external resources Comparison of the perceived harm for various psychoactive drugs from a poll among medical psychiatrists specialized in addiction tr …
119mental disorder — Any illness with a psychological origin, manifested either in symptoms of emotional distress or in abnormal behaviour. Most mental disorders can be broadly classified as either psychoses or neuroses (see neurosis; psychosis). Psychoses (e.g.,… …
120Alcoholism — Classification and external resources …
