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  • prefix Pertaining to stupor, sleep, or a state of unconsciousness.
  • prefix Of or pertaining to narcotics or their trade and use.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkoō, "I put to sleep"); in terms relating to drugs, it is a back-formation from narcotics, which ultimately derives from the same source.

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