Denarcotize

Quick meaning: Denarcotize is a verb meaning (transitive) To remove the narcotine from.

Meaning

(transitive) To remove the narcotine from.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) To denature; to alter so as to cancel an intoxicating, addictive, or disagreeable effect.
2. To administer a stimulant to (a person or animal under the influence of a narcotic) in order to counteract the effects of a narcotic drug.
3. (figurative) To render ineffective.
4. (figurative) To waken; to make aware.
5. To deprive (an addict) of a narcotic drug until there is no longer a physical addiction.
6. (by extension) To remove the issue of narcotics from (a relationship)
7. To remove reliance on narcotics from (an organization)

Example Sentences

to denarcotize opium

Extracts of coca leaves are used by many of us every day as denarcotized coca leaves in the form of certain cola drinks .

In consequence of the solubility of narcotina, and insolubility of morphia in ether, it is employed to denarcotize opium in preparing it for making denarcotized laudanum.

Now in making tincture of opium, the student has learned that he uses paraffins to denarcotize the tincture in order to remove the disagreeable odor and, to some extent, the disagreeable flavor.

Word Forms

• denarcotizes
• denarcotizing
• denarcotized

Related Words

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