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OPIATE-LIKE [1 record]

Record 1 2017-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

In considering the endogenous functions of these peptides as analgesics, it is important to determine whether opiate-like peptides can cause physical dependence.

OBS

opiate: a synthetic drug capable of producing or sustaining addiction similar to that characteristic of morphine and cocaine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
DEF

Qualifie un groupe de peptides exerçant un effet physiologique semblable à celui de la morphine.

CONT

L'étude de la conformation spatiale de ces molécules [...] a permis de mettre en évidence que des enképhalines ont une région «opioïde» pratiquement superposable au squelette fondamental commun à tous les opiacés qui ont un effet analgésique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
OBS

[El sufijo "-oide" se utiliza] para formar adjetivos [...] con el significado de parecido o similar a lo designado por la raíz del vocablo [...] el sufijo "-oideo" [...] permite formar adjetivos insustantivables con el significado de relativo o perteneciente a algo que es parecido a lo que designa la raíz del vocablo.

OBS

Según Fernando A. Navarro, la forma 'opioide' debería aplicarse a las sustancias similares al opio y la forma 'opioideo' a lo que guarda relación con dichas sustancias.

PHR

Receptor opioideo.

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