laudanum
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lau·da·num 
[lawd-n-uhm, lawd-nuhm] Pronunciation Key
[lawd-n-uhm, lawd-nuhm] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a tincture of opium. |
| 2. | Obsolete. any preparation in which opium is the chief ingredient. |
[Origin: 1595–1605; orig. ML var. of ladanum; arbitrarily used by Paracelsus to name a remedy based on opium]
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| lau·da·num
(lôd'n-əm) Pronunciation Key
n. A tincture of opium, formerly used as a drug. [New Latin, perhaps alteration of Medieval Latin labdanum, labdanum; see labdanum.] |
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laudanum
laudanum
1543, Mod.L., coined by Paracelsus for a medicine he mixed, supposed to contain gold and crushed pearls and many expensive ingredients, but probably most effective because it contained opium. Perhaps from L. laudere "to praise," or from L. ladanum "a gum resin," from Gk. ladanon, perhaps of Sem. origin. The word soon came to be used for "any alcoholic tincture of opium."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| laudanum | |
noun | |
| narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
laudanum lau·da·num (lôd'n-əm)
n.
A tincture of opium, formerly used as a drug.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Laudanum
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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