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laudanum

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(lôd′'n əm)

noun

Archaic any of certain opium preparations
a solution of opium in alcohol

Origin: ModL, altered use (by Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus) of ML var. of ladanum: see labdanum

See laudanum in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A tincture of opium, formerly used as a drug.

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Origin: New Latin

Origin: , perhaps alteration of Medieval Latin labdanum, labdanum; see labdanum

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