| 单词 | heroin |
| 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] |
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