Pharmacologic Substance
opiate alkaloid
o·pi·ate al·ka·loid
Subclass of:
Alkaloids
Definitions related to opiate alkaloids:
  • Broad family of plant alkaloids with narcotic effects; historically used as sedatives, anesthetics, analgesics, and euphoriants; heroin and morphine are highly addictive, abused drugs.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Alkaloids found in OPIUM from PAPAVER and their derivatives that induce analgesic and narcotic effects by action upon OPIOID RECEPTORS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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