narcotism noun. ['nɑ:kǝtɪz(ǝ)m] M19.
[from NARCOTIC + -ISM. Cf. French narcotisme.]
1. Medicine. The condition produced by a narcotic, narcosis; the production of such a condition. M19.

2. Medicine. A pathological inclination to sleep; hypersomnia. Now rare or obsolete. M19.

3. transf. The narcotic influence of something. M19.

■ narcotist noun a person addicted to the use of narcotics M19.

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