Definition of opium

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Opium (n.) The inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum, or white poppy..

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Maslach :: Maslach (n.) An excitant containing opium, much used by the Turks..
Opie :: Opie (n.) Opium.
Papaverine :: Papaverine (n.) An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.
Pelopium :: Pelopium (n.) A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium..
Heliotrope :: Heliotrope (n.) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; -- called also turnsole and girasole. H. Peruvianum is the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers.
Ectropium :: Ectropium (n.) Same as Ectropion.
Mawseed :: Mawseed (n.) The seed of the opium poppy.
Intoxicant :: Intoxicant (n.) That which intoxicates; an intoxicating agent; as, alcohol, opium, and laughing gas are intoxicants..
Laudanine :: Laudanine (n.) A white organic base, resembling morphine, and obtained from certain varieties of opium..
Entropium :: Entropium (n.) The inversion or turning in of the border of the eyelids.
Gnoscopine :: Gnoscopine (n.) An alkaloid existing in small quantities in opium.
Morphine :: Morphine (n.) A bitter white crystalline alkaloid found in opium, possessing strong narcotic properties, and much used as an anodyne; -- called also morphia, and morphina..
Thebaine :: Thebaine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine..
Laudanum :: Laudanum (n.) Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes..
Toxicomania :: Toxicomania (n.) An insane desire for intoxicating or poisonous drugs, as alcohol or opium..
Turnsole :: Turnsole (a.) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; heliotrope; -- so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun.
Meconic :: Meconic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium; specif. (Chem.), designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance..
Opye :: Opye (n.) Opium.
Protopine :: Protopine (n.) An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance..
Opiate :: Opiate (n.) Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup, prepared with opium..
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