What's the difference between downer and narcotic?

Downer


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Midwest was energized by Elizabeth Upham Davis, who was instrumental in establishing the occupational therapy education program at Milwaukee-Downer College in 1918.
  • (2) Cytochrome c oxidase was dispersed in nondenaturing detergent solution (B. Ludwig, N. W. Downer, and R. A. Capaldi (1979) Biochemistry 18, 1401) and treated with trypsin.
  • (3) There was a tendency that the downer cows which recovered later did not show enhanced adrenocortical function on day 4 to 5 and day 7 to 9 postpartum, while the downer cows with poor prognosis had significantly enhanced adrenocortical activity on the same days postpartum.
  • (4) Despite incessant media speculation that this person is going federal or that person is being parachuted into lead a state party (this time it was Smith in WA, previously it’s been Alexander Downer in SA and Malcolm Turnbull in NSW ), such moves rarely happen.
  • (5) Both the downer cows and cows with milk fever had significantly higher basal and ACTH-stimulated plasma glucocorticoid concentrations than cows without any postpartum complications on day 1 to 2 postpartum (P less than 0.05).
  • (6) The generally supposed mechanism of secondary, Ca-mediated cell damage and cell death was initiated and sometimes resulted in "Downers" with persisting paralysis.
  • (7) And in the same way that Bill Hayden allowed Bob Hawke clear air and to be a successful prime minister in his early years, and in the same way that Alexander Downer allowed John Howard clear air and supported him through four very successful terms, Tony Abbott is also going to allow Malcolm Turnbull a clear run,” Hunt told the ABC.
  • (8) Once on Medicaid, spend downers exhibited similar nursing-home utilization patterns as other groups, but incurred lower Medicaid claims because they contributed more to the cost of their nursing-home care.
  • (9) "We thought about ending with the cops," Idle said, "but it's a downer.
  • (10) The findings from users we have already studied strongly suggest that phencyclidine is not an "upper" or a "downer," but perhaps an "insideouter", with longer term implications.
  • (11) That can be done with what are called tier 2 visas, but maybe that could be made a little bit easier.” Downer confirmed that easier visa arrangements were negotiated alongside the last Australian-US trade deal.
  • (12) Haematocrit values and plasma glucose, calcium and magnesium concentrations were determined in blood samples collected at slaughter from 105 sheep that were prostrate, comatose, and unable to stand (downer sheep) on arrival at a Queensland meatworks.
  • (13) PUTTING A DOWNER ON THE PUDDING "Has any club ever been cruel enough to give their manager the boot on Christmas Day?"
  • (14) In a wide-ranging interview looking back on his career, McDonald described himself as a "card-carrying coward" when he was a reporter working in warzones, and how he had taken "downers" before interviewing Saddam Hussein.
  • (15) Sorrel Downer BEST FOR DESIGN: HELSINKI Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Kamppi Chapel (Chapel of Silence) in Helsinki.
  • (16) • Doubles from €72 B&B, calachica.com Follow Sorrel Downer at @somewheresville • Various airlines operate direct flights to Almería from London airports and Manchester This article was amended on 1 September 2015; the lead photograph was not in fact Fort Bravo and has been changed.
  • (17) To find out if cows with the downer cow syndrome have enhanced or exhausted adrenocortical function, fifteen downer cows were examined for adrenocortical response to 25 IU of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) between 1 and 9 days postpartum.
  • (18) Management, led by chief executive Philip Downer and finance director Mark Little, then bought the group back with financing from Valco Capital earlier this year.
  • (19) Violet Downer Violet Downer's father, Samuel Baker, killed on the Somme in 1916.
  • (20) Many of the cattle were also affected by ruminal acidosis-inducing factors (ruminal atony 81.6 per cent, mastitis 63.2 per cent, "downer cow syndrome" 57.9 per cent and parturition 50.0 per cent), which may have predisposed to alimentary mycosis.

Narcotic


Definition:

  • (a.) Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.
  • (n.) A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The clinical usefulness of neonatal narcotic abstinence scales is reviewed, with special reference to their application in treatment.
  • (2) Recent research conducted by independent investigators concerning the relationship between crime and narcotic (primarily heroin) addiction has revealed a remarkable degree of consistency of findings across studies.
  • (3) The interactions of 3 classical alpha-adrenergic antihypertensives of prevalently central type (St 155 or clonidine St 600; BR 750 or guanabenz) with the narcotic effects of pentobarbital have been investigated in the Mus musculus.
  • (4) We studied the arterial blood gas determinations done on the first hospital day in 14 narcotic addicts with bacterial endocarditis (group 1) and six addicts with other medical complications of narcotic addiction (group 2).
  • (5) The prostaglandins A1, E1, A2, E2 and F2a were comparatively studied for their antiarrhythmic action using the model of strophanthin arrhythmia of narcotized cats.
  • (6) Postoperative nausea and vomiting have been associated with the use of intravenous narcotics, and nitrous oxide may worsen the emetic effects of narcotics.
  • (7) Though intraspinal narcotic analgesia is associated with a number of side effects, with proper knowledge these adverse reactions are wither preventable or can be greatly reduced.
  • (8) In this open study we reviewed the circadian distribution of extra doses of narcotic analgesics in 61 bed-ridden patients with cancer pain.
  • (9) In narcotized cats different respiratory reactions in acute myocardial ischemia was estimated with complicated and non-complicated ventricular fibrillation.
  • (10) Infants prenatally exposed to narcotics become passively addicted in-utero and may undergo neonatal abstinence at birth.
  • (11) Convergent results from a multimethod assessment of the issue show that methadone maintenance has long-term and short-term suppressive effects on narcotics use and property crime.
  • (12) The pharmacokinetics of the narcotic analgesic dextromoramide was investigated by means of a specific GC-MS method in 9 patients who were given a single oral dose of the drug (7.5 mg) together with an anticholinergic before undergoing minor orthopedic surgery.
  • (13) Ethanol-withdrawn animals displayed an increased sensitivity to the narcotic action of toluene.
  • (14) Their addiction at the time of seeking treatment was well established: narcotic drugs comprised their main daily expenditure, they had numerous problems associated with narcotic use, and high doses of methadone were necessary for detoxification.
  • (15) These results provide further evidence that narcotic-induced respiratory depression and analgesia are mediated by different receptor interactions.
  • (16) Hypericum extract enhanced the exploratory activity of mice in a foreign environment, significantly prolonged the narcotic sleeping time dose-dependently, and within a narrow dose range exhibited reserpine antagonism.
  • (17) In summary, there are now available very potent narcotics, with small side effect liability.
  • (18) This paper analyses the influence of medical professional organization on the formation of attitudes and policies toward narcotics in England.
  • (19) Most involved children less than 3 (42%) yr or greater than 12 (33%) yr. Products most commonly ingested included tricyclic antidepressants (22%), benzodiazepines (15%), theophylline (10%), ethanol (10%), hallucinogens (8%), salicylates (8%), narcotics (8%), antihistamines (7%), and carbamazepine (5%).
  • (20) In this respect the narcotic antagonist effects resemble those produced by the antiserotonin compounds or opiate agonists.