DRUG meaning: Substance affecting body's structure, function

We found 46 dictionaries that define the word drug:

General (28 matching dictionaries)

drug: Merriam-Webster.com
drug: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
drug: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
drug: Collins English Dictionary
drug: Vocabulary.com
Drug, drug: Wordnik
drug: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
drug: Wiktionary
drug: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
drug: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
drug: Infoplease Dictionary
drug: Dictionary.com
drug: Online Etymology Dictionary
drug: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Drug (disambiguation), Drug: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Drug: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
drug: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
drug: Rhymezone
drug: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
drug: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Drug: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
drug: Free Dictionary
drug: Mnemonic Dictionary
drug: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
drug: Dictionary/thesaurus
drug: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)

Encyclopedia Mythica (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)

drug: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
drug: Legal dictionary
BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

drug: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)

Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
Drug: Glossary of Terms Used in Medicinal Chemistry
Allergy Glossary (No longer online)
drug: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
drug: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

DRUG: Acronym Finder
AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
drug: Idioms

Science (3 matching dictionaries)

Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
Drug: Medicinal Chemistry
General Chemistry Online (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

drug, drug, drug: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See drugged as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (pharmacology) A substance used to treat an illness, relieve a symptom, or modify a chemical process in the body for a specific purpose.
▸ noun:  A psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive, ingested for recreational use, such as cocaine.
▸ noun:  Anything, such as a substance, emotion, or action, to which one is addicted.
▸ noun:  Any commodity that lies on hand, or is not salable; an article of slow sale, or in no demand.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To administer intoxicating drugs to, generally without the recipient's knowledge or consent.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To add intoxicating drugs to with the intention of drugging someone.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To prescribe or administer drugs or medicines.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A drudge.
▸ noun:  (Canada, US, informal) Short for drugstore. [(chiefly US, Canada) Synonym of pharmacy, especially a small standalone general store which includes a pharmacy.]

Opposite:

exercise, sobriety, abstinence, natural, remedy, therapy

Types:

antibiotic, antidepressant, antihistamine, antipsychotic, stimulant, narcotic, anesthetic, chemotherapy, more...

Phrases:

drug use, drug abuse, drug administration, drug therapy, drug interactions, more...

Adjectives:

new, particular, active, effective, specific, single, free, only, potent, inflammatory, powerful

Colors:

white, blue, red, green, yellow, orange, purple, pink, black, brown

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