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单词 drugless
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druglessadj.

Brit. /ˈdrʌɡləs/, U.S. /ˈdrəɡləs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: drug n.1, -less suffix.
Etymology: < drug n.1 + -less suffix.
Not having or using drugs; without drugs.
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1756 World 15 Jan. 957 I am neither an unemployed physician, an unpractised surgeon, nor a drugless apothecary.
1880 R. Browning Dramatic Idyls 2nd Ser. 99 Whether drugged or left Drugless, the patient always lived, nor died.
1883 Lancet 18 Aug. 285/1 We are drifting..to a system of drugless therapeutics, or to a time when therapeutics will be superseded by a perfect hygiene.
1934 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 25 275 Crane for many years had practiced as a drugless healer in California.
1999 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Apr. 230/1 Philip Lovell's popular Los Angeles Times column..championed vegetarianism, exercise, nude sunbathing, drugless healing, and a healthy sex life.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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