NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antagonist used to counteract the effects of narcotics (especially to counteract the depression of respiration)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("narcotic antagonist" is a kind of...):

antagonist (a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "narcotic antagonist"):

Nalline; nalorphine (a narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine))

naloxone; Narcan (a potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine)

naltrexone (an oral antagonist against the action of opiates)

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