laudanum

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L0066700 (lôd′n-əm)n. A tincture of opium, formerly used as a drug.

[New Latin, perhaps alteration of Medieval Latin labdanum, labdanum; see labdanum.]

laudanum

(ˈlɔːdənəm) n1. (Pharmacology) a tincture of opium2. (Pharmacology) (formerly) any medicine of which opium was the main ingredient[C16: New Latin, name chosen by Paracelsus for a preparation probably containing opium, perhaps based on labdanum]

lau•da•num

(ˈlɔd n əm, ˈlɔd nəm)

n. 1. a tincture of opium. 2. Obs. any preparation in which opium is the chief ingredient. [1595–1605; < New Latin; orig. Medieval Latin variant of ladanum (see labdanum); arbitrarily used by Paracelsus to name a remedy based on opium]

laudanum

tincture of opium or any preparation, especially in liquid form, in which opium is the main ingredient.See also: Drugs

Laudanum

Laudanum was a painkiller containing opium and could be openly purchased without a prescription in any drugstore.

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laudanum - narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredienttincture of opiumopiate - a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative

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laudanum

(lôd`ənəm), tincture, or alcoholic solution, of opiumopium,
substance derived by collecting and drying the milky juice in the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. Opium varies in color from yellow to dark brown and has a characteristic odor and a bitter taste.
..... Click the link for more information. , first compounded by Paracelsus in the 16th cent. Not then known to be addictive, the preparation was widely used up through the 19th cent. to treat a variety of disorders. Many literary and artistic figures, including Coleridge, Poe, Moussorgsky, and De Quincey, are known to have been addicted.

laudanum

1. a tincture of opium 2. (formerly) any medicine of which opium was the main ingredient

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lau·da·num

(law'dă-nŭm), A tincture containing opium. [G. lēdanon, a resinous gum]

laudanum

(lôd′n-əm)n. A tincture of opium, formerly used as a drug.

lau·da·num

(law'dă-nŭm) An older medicinal syrup or tincture that contains opium. [G. lēdanon, a resinous gum]

laudanum

A solution of crude opium in alcohol (tincture of opium). The alkaloids of opium are now refined and separated and prescribed as specific drugs. Laudanum was once casually recommended for a wide range of conditions.

lau·da·num

(law'dă-nŭm) A tincture containing opium. [G. lēdanon, a resinous gum]

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noun narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient

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