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Definitions for Drug

[1] Pharmacology . a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being.
[2] (in federal law) any substance recognized in the official pharmacopoeia or formulary of the nation. any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or other animals. any article, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals. any substance intended for use as a component of such a drug, but not a device or a part of a device.
[3] a habit-forming medicinal or illicit substance, especially a narcotic.
[4] drugs, chemical substances prepared and sold as pharmaceutical items, either by prescription or over the counter. personal hygienic items sold in a drugstore, as toothpaste, mouthwash, etc.
[5] Obsolete . any ingredient used in chemistry, pharmacy, dyeing, or the like.
[6] to administer a medicinal drug to.
[7] to stupefy or poison with a drug.
[8] to mix (food or drink) with a drug, especially a stupefying, narcotic, or poisonous drug.
[9] to administer anything nauseous to.
[10] drug up , to take a narcotic drug: The addict prowled about for a place to drug up.
[11] drug on the market , a commodity that is overabundant or in excess of demand in the market. Also drug in the market.
[12] a simple past tense and past participle of drag.
[13] the cosmic principle of disorder and falsehood.
[14] any synthetic, semisynthetic, or natural chemical substance used in the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of disease, or for other medical reasons Related adjective: pharmaceutical
[15] a chemical substance, esp a narcotic, taken for the pleasant effects it produces
[16] drug on the market a commodity available in excess of the demands of the market
[17] to mix a drug with (food, drink, etc)
[18] to administer a drug to
[19] to stupefy or poison with or as if with a drug

Words related to Drug

pharmaceutical, prescription, poison, narcotic, remedy, cure, medicine, pill, stimulant, medicate, dope, sedate, tonic, potion, sedative, opiate, essence, medicament, depressant, physic

Words nearby Drug

drubbing, drucilla, drudge, drudgery, drudgework, drug, drug abuse, drug addict, drug baron, drug enforcement administration, drug eruption

Origin of Drug

From the Avestan word drauga

Other words from Drug

Related prefix: pharmaco-

Word origin for Drug

C14: from Old French drogue, probably of Germanic origin

Synonyms for Drug

cure, medicine, narcotic, pharmaceutical, pill, poison, prescription, remedy, stimulant, depressant, dope, essence, medicament, opiate, pharmaceutic, physic, potion, sedative, tonic, biologic, medicinal