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narcotism Path.|ˈnɑːkətɪz(ə)m|
[f. as prec. + -ism, or ad. F. narcotisme.]
1. The condition produced by narcotics; a state of stupor, somnolence, or insensibility.
1831Davies Mat. Med. 296 During narcotism, the circulation is sometimes slightly accelerated, at others it is slower. 1859R. F. Burton Centr. Africa in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 367 It affects the head, and produces an agreeable narcotism, followed by sound sleep. 1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 225 Whenever it is desired to produce very decided narcotism by..opium, the drug should always be given in liquid form.
b. The method of producing insensibility by narcotics.
1843R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. v. 69 You have lately seen an infusion of green tea useful in..narcotism. 1855Ramsbotham Obstet. Med. 184 Siebold makes the same remark in reference to two forceps cases, in which he employed narcotism.
2. A morbid inclination to sleep.
1843R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. viii. 91 That tendency to narcotism..which is observed in every case of genuine typhus. 1897Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. IX. 118 Pronounced narcotism and headache are..the most characteristic symptoms of his lithæmic attacks.
3. transf. The narcotic influence of something.
1867Lowell Wks. (1890) II. 317 Lapped in waking dreams by the narcotism of an age of science. 1876J. Ollive Wooing of Até III. xvi. 271 His musings were..softened by the genial narcotism of tobacco. |