opioid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A substance that has effects similar to opium:
Any of the natural substances, such as an endorphin, released in the body in response to pain; an endogenous opioid.
Any of a group of synthetic compounds that exhibit similarities to the opium alkaloids that occur in nature.

/ˈəʊpiɔɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-opioid.wav

opioid opioids

Attested 1963; from opium + -oid, to distinguish from opiate.

copioid nonopioid opioidergic opioidlike

Chinese Mandarin: 鴉片劑 /鸦片剂 Finnish: opioidi German: Opioid Indonesian: opioid Māori: whakaporehu Spanish: opioide Swahili: opioidi

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