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RECREATIONAL DRUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recreational drug mean? 

RECREATIONAL DRUG (noun)
  The noun RECREATIONAL DRUG has 1 sense:

1. a narcotic drug that is used only occasionally and is claimed to be nonaddictiveplay

  Familiarity information: RECREATIONAL DRUG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RECREATIONAL DRUG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A narcotic drug that is used only occasionally and is claimed to be nonaddictive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("recreational drug" is a kind of...):

narcotic (a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction)


 Context examples 


A person who injects recreational drugs.

(Intravenous Drug User, NCI Thesaurus)

A person who takes recreational drugs.

(Drug User, NCI Thesaurus)

An indication of the presence or absence of recreational drugs or drugs of abuse in a biological specimen.

(Drug Test, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)



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