Meaning of opioid | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A substance that has effects similar to opium:
2. Any of the natural substances, such as an endorphin, released in the body in response to pain; an endogenous opioid.
3. Any of a group of synthetic compounds that exhibit similarities to the opium alkaloids that occur in nature.

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Examples

“Mechoulam concluded that our bodies must produce⟳ their own⟳ cannabinoids — endogenous molecules that, like⟳ the native opioids and nicotinelike molecules our bodies also make⟳, engage⟳ the cannabinoid receptors throughout the human body.”

“The number⟳ of young children in the US who have⟳ died from opioid overdoses has increased significantly, according to a new study⟳ on accidental poisonings of children 5 and younger.”

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