narcosis

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/nɑːˈkəʊsɪs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/nɑrˈkoʊsɪs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(när kō′sis)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
nar•co•sis /nɑrˈkoʊsɪs/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Pathologya state of deep drowsiness caused by drugs.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
nar•co•sis  (när kō′sis),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Pathologya state of stupor or drowsiness.
  2. Pathology, Medicinea state of stupor or greatly reduced activity produced by a drug. Cf. nitrogen narcosis. Also called narcotism. 
  • Greek nárkōsis. See narc-, -osis
  • Neo-Latin
  • 1685–95

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
narcosis /nɑːˈkəʊsɪs/ n
  1. unconsciousness induced by narcotics or general anaesthetics
'narcosis' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
narco - narcodiagnosis - narcotic - narcotism - nitrogen narcosis - rapture of the deep

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