narcotic antagonist

1. 1.

   an antagonist used to counteract the effects of narcotics (especially to counteract the depression of respiration)

   Broaderantagonist

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Questions about narcotic antagonist

What does narcotic antagonist mean?

narcotic antagonist means "an antagonist used to counteract the effects of narcotics (especially to counteract the depression of respiration)".

Is narcotic antagonist a common word?

narcotic antagonist is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.