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opioid intoxication

in DSM–IV–TR and DSM–5, a reversible syndrome due to the recent ingestion of an opioid (e.g., morphine, heroin). It includes clinically significant behavioral or psychological changes (e.g., initial euphoria followed by apathy, dysphoria, psychomotor agitation or psychomotor retardation, impaired judgment, and impaired social or occupational functioning), as well as one or more signs of physiological involvement (e.g., pupillary constriction, drowsiness or unconsciousness, slurred speech, respiratory depression).

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February 22nd 2025

Gesellschaft

Gesellschaft

n. a type of society (the literal meaning of this German word) or social group in which people feel relatively isolated from each other. Their relationships are primarily contractual in nature, being guided chiefly by rational self-interest and the logic of the marketplace. Compare Gemeinschaft. [first described in 1887 by German sociologist Ferdinand Julius Tönnies (1855–1936)]