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Definition of Stupefacient

Stupefacient
Stupefacient Stu`pe*fa"cient, a. [L. stupefaciens, p. pr. of stupefacere to stupefy; stupere to be stupefied + facere to make. Cf. Stupefy.] [Written also stupifacient.] Producing stupefaction; stupefactive. -- n. (Med.) Anything promoting stupefaction; a narcotic.

Meaning of Stupefacient from wikipedia

- The term narcotic (/nɑːrˈkɒtɪk/, from ancient Gr**** ναρκῶ narkō, "I make numb") originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with numbing...
- al-Husayn ibn Sina ("Avicenna") described opium as the most powerful of the stupefacients, in comparison to mandrake and other highly effective herbs, in The...
- inflexion starting in (i)e; such as fac or fic "do; make" (efficient, stupefacient, etc.) soc "sharing; kin" (society) sci "know" (science, prescient, etc...