Look up: Laudanum


  1. laudanum
    [n] - narcotic consisting of a tincture of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=laudanum

  2. Laudanum
    Lau'da·num noun [ Orig. the same wort as ladanum , ladbdanum : confer French laudanum , Italian laudano , ladano . See Ladanum .] Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes. » A fluid ounce of...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/19

  3. laudanum
    Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes. ... 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. ... &...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?laudanum

  4. laudanum
    tincture of opium noun narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=laudanum

  5. Laudanum
    • (n.) Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/laudanum/

  6. laudanum
    (from the article `opium`) Opium was for many centuries the principal painkiller known to medicine and was used in various forms and under various names. Laudanum, for ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/21

  7. Laudanum
    Laudanum is known as a "whole opium" preparation since it historically contained all the opium alkaloids. Today, however, the drug is often processed to remove all or most of the noscapine (also known as narcotine) present as this is a strong emetic and does not add appreciably to the analgesic or ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laudanum

  8. laudanum
    laudanum (lôd'unum) , tincture, or alcoholic solution, of opium, first compounded by Paracelsus in the 16th cent. Not then known to be addictive, the preparation was widely used up through the 19th cent. to treat a variety of disorders. Many literary and artistic figures, including Colerid...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0829008.html

  9. Laudanum
    Laudanum is an alcoholic tincture of opium, formerly used medicinally as a narcotic.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/EL.HTM

  10. laudanum
    Type: Term Pronunciation: law′dă-nŭm Definitions: 1. A tincture containing opium.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=48112

  11. laudanum
    Alcoholic solution (tincture) of the drug opium. Used formerly as a narcotic and painkiller, it was available in the 19th century from pharmacists on demand in most of Europe and the USA
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0022217.html

  12. laudanum
    mixture of opium and alcohol used as a tranquilizer, pain-killer, or to induce sleep.
    Found op http://charlesdickenspage.com/glossary.html

  13. laudanum
    1) Opiate 2) Tincture of opium
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/laudanum/1

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