Monday, March 5, 2018

Question of the Day #209

"D.C. doesn't know what to do about the opioid crisis"
From the headline of this article at Axios.

上記の文で、opioid の意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "opioid" mean?

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解答

意味:
英辞郎によると、

《生化学・薬学》オピオイド◆モルヒネ様作用を示す合成麻酔薬(強力な鎮痛薬)

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:
a synthetic drug possessing narcotic properties similar to opiates but not derived from opium

Etymology/語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、
1957年から。opium + -oidの造語。

According to Online Etymology Dictionary:

1957, from opium + -oid.

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