Opioids are a family of drugs that have morphine-like effects. The primary medical use for prescription opioids is to relieve pain. Other medical uses include control of coughs and diarrhea, and the treatment of addiction to other opioids.ederal laws regulate the possession and distribution of all opioids. Use of prescription opioids is legal only when they are prescribed by a licensed medical practitioner, and are used by the person to whom they are prescribed.
Any of various products, prepared by physical or chemical treatment of starch, that are used as food additives. Modified starch. Modified starch, also called starch derivatives, are prepared by physically, enzymatically, or chemically treating native starch, thereby changing the properties of the starch.
glycogen. n. 1. (Biochemistry) a polysaccharide consisting of glucose units: the form in which carbohydrate is stored in the liver and muscles in man and animals. It can easily be hydrolysed to glucose. Also called: animal starch.. glycogen-one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body. animal starch. polyose, polysaccharide-any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules. Translations. [ËglaÉªkÉÊdÊen] N â glicogeno glicÃ³geno. m