See Also: narcotism(medicine)
narcotism(dictionary)

narcotism (iou)



narcotism noun. M19.
[from NARCOTIC + -ISM. Cf. French narcotisme.]
Medicine. The condition produced by a narcotic, narcosis; the production of such a condition. M19.
Medicine. A pathological inclination to sleep; hypersomnia. Now rare or obsolete. M19.
transf. The narcotic influence of something. M19.
narcotist noun a person addicted to the use of narcotics M19.