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nalbuphine (medicine)


nalbuphine
<chemical> A narcotic used as a pain medication. It appears to be an agonist at kappa opioid receptors and an antagonist or partial agonist at mu opioid receptors.

Pharmacological action: analgesics, opioid, narcotic antagonists, narcotics.

Chemical name: Morphinan-3,6,14-triol, 17-(cyclobutylmethyl)-4,5-epoxy-, (5alpha,6alpha)-


lief (iou)



lief adjective, noun, & adverb. [li:f] Now arch. & dial.
[Old English leof = Old Frisian liaf, Old Saxon liob, liof (Dutch lief), Old High German liub, liup (German lieb), Old Norse ljufr, Gothic liufs, from Germanic, rel. to LEAVE noun1, LOVE noun.]
A. adjective.
Beloved, dear, agreeable, acceptable, precious. OE.
F. Sheridan I had as lief have let it alone. Tennyson I charge thee, quickly go again As thou Art lief and dear. E. Pound This most lief lady.
Not disagreeable; not unwilling. Freq. in lief or loath. OE.
R. W. Dixon Now hence must I..be I loth or lief.
Desirous, willing, glad. (Foll. by of, to do.) ME-E16.
B. noun. A beloved, a dear person; a friend, a sweetheart; a wife. Also (as a form of respectful address), sir, lord. OE-M17.
C. adverb. Gladly, willingly. ME.
A. E. Housman Where shall one halt to deliver This luggage I'd lief set down? C. Day He said..he would as lief go around in a wheelbarrow.
liefly adverb (a) beautifully; dearly, kindly; (b) rare willingly, gladly: OE.