OPIOID Definition & Meaning

opioid

[oh-pee-oid]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Biochemistry, Pharmacology.

an opiate, or any similar synthetic compound: formerly referring only to the latter, but now the predominant term for both the opium-derived and synthetically produced substances.
Illicit use of the synthetic opioid fentanyl is on the rise.
The opium poppy is the source for all natural opioids.
any opiumlike substance.
Have any opioids been detected in poppies that do not contain opium?
any of a group of natural substances, as the endorphins, produced by the body in increased amounts in response to stress and pain.

pertaining to such a substance.
opioid drugs such as heroin and oxycodone;
opioid neuropeptides.

opioid

/ ˈəʊ��ɪˌɔɪ�� /

1. any of a group of substances that resemble morphine in their physiological or pharmacological effects, esp in their pain-relieving properties
2. (modifier) of or relating to such substances
  opioid receptor
  opioid analgesic

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Origin of opioid¹

First recorded in 1955–60; opi(um) + -oid

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Examples have not been reviewed.

Eventually, my mother died in a highly regarded long-term care complex without hospice support and with no prescribed opioids.

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A week later, in his agency’s 72-page “Making America Healthy Again” manifesto, the word “opioid” was never mentioned.

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She now works alongside the programme, doing outreach work with drug users and gives talks on the opioid treatment drug Buvidal.

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In 2018 he was sentenced to eight years in prison for supplying "significant amounts" of the opioid, fentanyl to a total of 166 contacts.

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Fatal opioid overdoses in the state are receding, but doctors and L.A.

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