| 释义 |
heroin
/her"oh in/, n. Pharm.
a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C21H23NO5, derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction. Also called diacetylmorphine, diamorphine.
[1895-1900; formerly trademark; < G Heroin < Gk hero-, s. of héros HERO + G -in -IN2; allegedly so called from the feelings of power and euphoria which it stimulates] |