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laudanum

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laudanum (lôd`ənəm), tincture, or alcoholic solution, of opium opium, substance derived by collecting and drying the milky juice in the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. Opium varies in color from yellow to dark brown and has a characteristic odor and a bitter taste.
..... Click the link for more information. , 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 Coleridge, Poe, Moussorgsky, and De Quincey, are known to have been addicted.
laudanum
1. a tincture of opium
2. (formerly) any medicine of which opium was the main ingredient


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The laudanum was secretly given to you in some way.
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context
"I have always found Laudanum relieve the pain better than anything else," she said, trifling with the bottles on the counter, and looking at them while she spoke, instead of looking at the chemist.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
It macerates its opium and percolates its own laudanum and paregoric.
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