carisoprodol Definition–noun Pharmacology. | a crystalline, water-soluble powder, C12H24N2O4, used as a muscle relaxant. |
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drug Definition–noun | 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) | a. | any substance recognized in the official pharmacopoeia or formulary of the nation. |
| b. | any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans or other animals. |
| c. | any article, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals. |
| d. | any substance intended for use as a component of such a drug, but not a device or a part of a device. |
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| 3. | a habit-forming medicinal or illicit substance, esp. a narcotic. |
| 4. | drugs, | a. | chemical substances prepared and sold as pharmaceutical items, either by prescription or over the counter. |
| b. | personal hygienic items sold in a drugstore, as toothpaste, mouthwash, etc. |
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| 5. | Obsolete. any ingredient used in chemistry, pharmacy, dyeing, or the like. |
–verb (used with object) | 6. | to administer a medicinal drug to. |
| 7. | to stupefy or poison with a drug. |
| 8. | to mix (food or drink) with a drug, esp. a stupefying, narcotic, or poisonous drug. |
| 9. | to administer anything nauseous to. |
—Verb phrase| 10. | drug up, to take a narcotic drug: The addict prowled about for a place to drug up. |
—Idiom| 11. | drug on the market, a commodity that is overabundant or in excess of demand in the market. Also, drug in the market. |
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