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antiopiate en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + opiate.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Counteracting an opiate.
   • That is, the location of heroin use can serve as a conditioned stimulus for the antiopiate response. When the user injects the drug in a different location, the well-developed antiopiate response does not occur […] 2000, Lester A. Lefton, Psychology:

antiopiate en · NOUN

Etymology

From anti- + opiate.

Meanings

1. A drug that has an antiopiate effect.
   • Cholestyramine, however, may exert effects different from decreasing the enterohepatic circulation of bile acids including the release of endogenous antiopiates (e.g., cholecystokinin) that may result in a decrease in the perception of pruritus. 2012, C. J. Hawkey, Jaime Bosch, Joel E. Richter, Textbook of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, page 78:

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