Narcoticize

Pronunciation: /ˈnɑɹkɑtɪkˈaɪˈzi/

Narcoticize (verb)

  1. To make someone feel very sleepy or unable to feel pain by using a drug that affects the nervous system.
  2. To cause a person to become dependent on drugs, so they need them to feel normal.

Examples

  • The doctor narcoticized the patient to induce drug-induced sleep.
  • The nurse narcoticized the patient before the procedure.