Page 1 of 8. Connotation and Denotation. Connotation and Denotation. Connotation and Denotation are two principal methods of describing the meanings of. words. Connotation refers to the wide array of positive and negative associations that. most words naturally carry with them, whereas denotation is the precise, literal definition. of a word that might be found in a dictionary.
Medical Definition of orphan drug. : a drug that is not developed or marketed because its extremely limited use (as in the treatment of a rare disease) makes it unprofitable.
A designer drug is a structural or functional analog of a controlled substance that has been designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of the original drug while at the same time, avoid being classified as illegal and/or avoid detection in standard drug tests. temporary class drug is a relatively new status for controlled drugs, which has been adopted in some jurisdictions, notably New Zealand and the United Kingdom, to attempt to bring newly synthesised designer drugs under legal control.