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diacetylmorphine

[dahy-uh-seet-l-mawr-feen, -set-, dahy-as-i-tl-]

di·a·ce·tyl·mor·phine

[dahy-uh-seet-l-mawr-feen, -set-, dahy-as-i-tl-]
noun Pharmacology.

Origin:
1870–75; diacetyl + morphine
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Diacetylmorphine has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
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diacetylmorphine (daɪˌæsətɪlˈmɔːfiːn)
 
n
another name for heroin

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diacetylmorphine di·a·ce·tyl·mor·phine (dī'ə-sēt'l-môr'fēn', dī-ās'ĭ-tl-)
n.
See heroin.

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