Definitions

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  • noun A drug used to reverse opioid overdose.

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  • noun a narcotic antagonist (trade name Nalline) that counteracts the effects of narcotics (especially the effects of poisoning by morphine)

Etymologies

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Contraction of N-allyl-normorphine.

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Examples

  • He then repeated the experiment, but added the opiate antagonists nalorphine and naloxone.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • He then repeated the experiment, but added the opiate antagonists nalorphine and naloxone.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • … if the concept of Davis and Walsh was tenable, the morphine antagonists nalorphine, naloxone, and so forth would antagonize short-term alcohol intoxication as they do specifically for morphine-like drugs.12

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • … if the concept of Davis and Walsh was tenable, the morphine antagonists nalorphine, naloxone, and so forth would antagonize short-term alcohol intoxication as they do specifically for morphine-like drugs.12

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

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