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drug (noun)
1.
a) obsolete a substance used in dyeing or chemical operations
b) a substance used as a medication or in the preparation of medication
c) according to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(1) a substance recognized in an official pharmacopoeia or formulary
(2) a substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease
(3) a substance other than food intended to affect the structure or function of the body
(4) a substance intended for use as a component of a medicine but not a device or a component, part, or accessory of a device
2.
a commodity that is not salable or for which there is no demand - used in the phrase drug on the market
3.
something and often an illegal substance that causes addiction, habituation, or a marked change in consciousness
drug (verb)
transitive verb
1.
to affect with a drug , especially to stupefy by a narcotic drug
2.
to administer a drug to
3.
intransitive verb
to lull or stupefy as if with a drug to take for narcotic effect - drugs
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Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
drug (noun)
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
SYNONYMS:
cure, drug, medicament, medication, medicinal, pharmaceutical, physic, remedy, specific
RELATED WORDS:
cure-all, nostrum, panacea; botanical, patent medicine, prescription, prescription drug; cordial, potion, tonic; miracle drug, wonder drug; cap, capsule, pill, tablet; injection, shot; embrocation, liniment, lotion, ointment, potion, poultice, salve; syrup ( sirup), tincture; antibiotic, antiseptic, serum; cathartic, purgative
Drug (Wikipedia)

A drug is any chemical substance other than a nutrient or an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect. Consumption of drugs can be via inhalation, injection, smoking, ingestion, absorption via a patch on the skin, suppository, or dissolution under the tongue.

Uncoated aspirin tablets, consisting of about 90% acetylsalicylic acid, along with a minor amount of inert fillers and binders. Aspirin is a pharmaceutical drug often used to treat pain, fever, and inflammation.

In pharmacology, a drug is a chemical substance, typically of known structure, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect. A pharmaceutical drug, also called a medication or medicine, is a chemical substance used to treat, cure, prevent, or diagnose a disease or to promote well-being. Traditionally drugs were obtained through extraction from medicinal plants, but more recently also by organic synthesis. Pharmaceutical drugs may be used for a limited duration, or on a regular basis for chronic disorders.

Drug (Wiktionary)

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Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /dɹʌɡ/, [d̠͡ɹ̠˔ʷʌɡ]
  • Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Etymology 1

From Middle English drogge (medicine), from Old French drogue, drocque (tincture, pharmaceutical product), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German droge, as in droge vate (dry vats, dry barrels), mistaking droge for the contents, which were usually dried herbs, plants or wares. Droge comes from Middle Dutch

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