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Laudanum
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What's The Definition Of Laudanum?
[n] narcotic consisting of a tincture of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient
Synonyms | Synonyms for Laudanum: tincture of opium Related Terms | Find terms related to Laudanum: alcohol | amobarbital sodium | Amytal | Amytal pill | analgesic | anodyne | barb | barbiturate | barbiturate pill | black stuff | blue | blue angel | blue devil | blue heaven | blue velvet | calmative | chloral hydrate | codeine | codeine cough syrup | Demerol | depressant | depressor | dolly | Dolophine | downer | goofball | H | hard stuff | heroin | hop | horse | hypnotic | junk | knockout drops | liquor | lotus | Luminal | Luminal pill | M | meperidine | methadone | Mickey Finn | morphia | morphine | narcotic | Nembutal | Nembutal pill | opiate | opium | pacifier | pain killer | paregoric | pen yan | phenobarbital | phenobarbital sodium | purple heart | quietener | rainbow | red | scag | secobarbital sodium | Seconal | Seconal pill | sedative | shit | sleeper | sleep-inducer | sleeping draught | sleeping pill | smack | sodium thiopental | somnifacient | soother | soothing syrup | soporific | tar | tranquilizer | Tuinal | Tuinal pill | turps | white stuff | yellow | yellow jacket See Also | narcotic Laudanum In Webster's Dictionary \Lau"da*num\, n. [Orig. the same wort as ladanum,
ladbdanum: cf. F. laudanum, It. laudano, ladano. See
{Ladanum}.]
Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes.
Note: A fluid ounce of American laudanum should contain the
soluble matter of one tenth of an ounce avoirdupois of
powdered opium with equal parts of alcohol and water.
English laudanum should have ten grains less of opium
in the fluid ounce. --U. S. Disp.
{Dutchman's laudanum} (Bot.) See under {Dutchman}.
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