narcosis
noun/nɑːˈkəʊsɪs/
/nɑːrˈkəʊsɪs/
[uncountable] (medical)- a state caused by drugs in which somebody is unconscious or keeps going to sleepWord Originlate 17th cent.: from Greek narkōsis, from narkoun ‘make numb’.
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