Brompton mixture

[bromp-tuhn]

Brompton mixture

[bromp-tuhn]
noun Pharmacology.
an analgesic mixture, usually containing morphine and cocaine and sometimes other narcotic substances in an alcohol solution, administered primarily to advanced cancer patients.
Also, Brompton's mixture.
Also called Brompton cocktail, Brompton's cocktail.


Origin:
1975–80; after Brompton Hospital, London, where the mixture was developed
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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