Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for NAR-COT'IC
NAR-COT'IC, a. [Gr. ναρκωτικος, from ναρκοω, to render torpid.]
In medicinal doses allaying morbid susceptibility, relieving pain, and producing sleep. In poisonous doses producing stupor, coma, and convulsions; and, if pushed to a sufficient extent, death.
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