LAUDANUM


Meaning of LAUDANUM in English

/lawd"n euhm, lawd"neuhm/ , n.

1. a tincture of opium.

2. Obs. any preparation in which opium is the chief ingredient.

[ 1595-1605; orig. ML var. of LADANUM; arbitrarily used by Paracelsus to name a remedy based on opium ]

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