antiopiate

antiopiate

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ opiate

Adjective

antiopiate (not comparable)

1. Counteracting an opiate.
   • 2000, Lester A. Lefton, Psychology

     That is, the location of heroin use can serve as a conditioned stimulus for the antiopiate response. When the user injects the drug in a different location, the well-developed antiopiate response does not occur […]

Noun

antiopiate (plural antiopiates)

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   • 2012, C. J. Hawkey, ‎Jaime Bosch, ‎Joel E. Richter, Textbook of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (page 78)

     Cholestyramine, however, may exert effects different from decreasing the enterohepatic circulation of bile acids including the release of endogenous antiopiates (e.g., cholecystokinin) that may result in a decrease in the perception of pruritus.