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opioidlike

adj

Etymology

From opioid + -like.

  1. derived from *sokʷós✻ — “juice, resin”
  2. derived from ὄπιον
  3. borrowed from opium
  4. formed as opioid — “opium + -oid”
  5. suffixed as opioidlike — “opioid + like”

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of opioids.

    • Experts theorize that it may be reinforced by the release in the brain of opioidlike endorphins that result in a natural high and emotional relief.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for opioidlike. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA