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Opiates vs Opioid - What's the difference?

opiates | opioid |

As nouns the difference between opiates and opioid

is that opiates is while opioid is a substance that is like opium.

As a verb opiates

is (opiate).

opiates

English

Noun

(head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (opiate)

    • Anagrams

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    opioid

    English

    (wikipedia opioid)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A substance that is like opium.
  • (physiology) Any of the natural substances, such as an endorphin, released in the body in response to pain.
  • (pharmacology) Any of a group of synthetic compounds that exhibit similarities to the opium alkaloids that occur in nature.

    • Hyponyms

    * opiate