英语词汇“laudanum”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

laudanum

/ˈlɔːd(ə)nəm

/ /ˈlɒd(ə)nəm/

noun [mass noun]

An alcoholic solution containing morphine, prepared from opium and formerly used as a narcotic painkiller.Doctors would give babies phenobarbital for colic and laudanum (a form of opium) for teething....

She took laudanum for this, as was the fashion, a habit that brought her to the attention of a fellow poet, the opium addict Coleridge.
Any painkillers containing opiates, such as laudanum, were out of the question until the concussion went away.

Origin

Mid 16th century (applied to various preparations containing opium): modern Latin, the name given by Paracelsus to a costly medicament of which opium was believed to be the active ingredient; perhaps a variant of Latin ladanum (see ladanum).

单词	laudanum
释义	laudanum /ˈlɔːd(ə)nəm / /ˈlɒd(ə)nəm/ noun [mass noun] An alcoholic solution containing morphine, prepared from opium and formerly used as a narcotic painkiller.Doctors would give babies phenobarbital for colic and laudanum (a form of opium) for teething.... She took laudanum for this, as was the fashion, a habit that brought her to the attention of a fellow poet, the opium addict Coleridge. Any painkillers containing opiates, such as laudanum, were out of the question until the concussion went away. Origin Mid 16th century (applied to various preparations containing opium): modern Latin, the name given by Paracelsus to a costly medicament of which opium was believed to be the active ingredient; perhaps a variant of Latin ladanum (see ladanum).
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