narco-
pref.（前缀）
语源
pref.（前缀）
- Numbness; stupor; lethargy:
麻木，木僵：
narcolepsy.
沉睡 - Narcotic drug:
麻醉剂：
narcoanalysis.
麻醉分析
语源
- Greek narko-
希腊语 narko- - from narkoun [to numb]
源自 narkoun [麻醉] - from narkē [numbness]
源自 narkē [麻木]
narco- or (sometimes before a vowel) narc-
combining form
indicating numbness or torpor
⇒
narcolepsy
connected with or derived from illicit drug production
⇒
narcoeconomies
Origin
from Greek narkē numbnessnarco-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “stupor,” “narcosis,” used in the formation of compound words:
narcodiagnosis.
Also, especially before a vowel, narc-.
Origin
< Greek nárk(ē) numbness, stiffness + -o-
Related Words
- narc-
- narceine
- narcoanalysis
- narcodiagnosis
- narcolepsy
- narcomania
narco-a word element meaning:
1. 'stupor' or 'narcosis', as in narcolepsy.
2. 'narcotic', as in narcoterrorism.
[Greek narko-, combining form of narkē numbness]narco-
combining form
⇨ see narc-
combining form
⇨ see narc-
narco-
combining form
- relating to a state of insensibility表示“无知觉的”, “昏迷的”, “昏蒙的”：
-
narcolepsy.
- ■ relating to narcotic drugs or their use表示“麻醉剂的”, “采用麻醉剂的”：
-
narcoterrorism.
词源
from Greek narkē 'numbness'.
1936 J. S. Horsley in Jrnl. MentalSci. LXXXII. 416Narco-analysis is an eclectic technique based on the observation that a combination of narcosis with psycho-therapy is quicker and sometimes more effective than the formal methods of analytical psychology.
1943 ― ( title)Narco-analysis.
Ibid. i. 3Clearly any title which suggests that a particular narcotic is essential to the technique is undesirable. Therefore I devised the term ‘Narco-Analysis’ which is inclusive of all such methods.
1973 E. Rudinger Treatm. & Care in Mental Illness (rev. ed. ) 161Narco-analysis or abreaction is a treatment that is also available privately, but the drugs used and the nursing home fee have to be paid in addition to the psychiatrist's fee.
1949 A. Huxley Let. 21 Oct. (1969) 605The world's rulers will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are..efficient.
1974 Hawkey & Bingham Wild Card v. 51McElroy was sufficiently promising a subject to be questioned under narco-hypnosis.
1949 A. Huxley Let. 9 Dec. (1969) 611The latest in..narco-hypnotic techniques.
1945 Grinker & Spiegel Men under Stress iii. v. 102Here he underwent pentothal narcosynthesis and ventilated his intense anxiety.
1955 A. Huxley Let. 10 Jan. (1969) 720Mescalin..acts in the opposite way to narcosynthesis.
1958 . [ see abreaction]
1963 Times 9 Mar. 8/1 It is believed to be the first instance in which narcosynthesis—a technique to help patients release suppressed or forgotten information—has ever been used for this purpose.
1966 P. Polatin Guide toTreatm. in Psychiatry v. 50Narcotherapy is most effective for acute anxiety states, conversion reactions and dissociative phenomena such as amnesias and fugues.
1968 S. Loebl Exploring the Mind xv. 184Hypnotherapy and narcotherapy, as these procedures are called, have by now become part of psychiatry's ever-growing therapeutic arsenal.
narco-
word-forming element meaning "stupor, narcosis, sleep," from Latinized form of Greek narko-, comb. form of narke "numbness" (see narcotic, n.).
ORIGIN: from Greek narkē numbness, deadness, or extracted from narcotic -o-
☞ narco
narco-
I.combining form
see narc- I
II.combining form
see narc- II
I.
see narc- I
II.
see narc- II
narco-
Prefix
- Pertaining to stupor, sleep, or a state of unconsciousness.
- Of or pertaining to narcotics or their trade and use.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ναρκόω (narkóō, “I put to sleep”); in terms relating to drugs, it is a back-formation from narcotics, which ultimately derives from the same source.
Derived terms
English words prefixed with narco-