LAUDANUM


Meaning of LAUDANUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlɔdnəm ]

n. a solution containing morphine and prepared from opium, formerly used as a narcotic painkiller. [mod.L, the name given by Paracelsus to a costly medicament, later applied to preparations containing opium: perh. var. of LADANUM]

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