laudanum
IPA: ɫˈɔdʌnʌm
noun
- (pharmacology) A tincture of opium, once widely used for various medical purposes and as a recreational drug.
verb
- (transitive) To add laudanum to (a drink or the like).
- (rare) To cause (a person) to be high on laudanum.
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Examples of "laudanum" in Sentences
- Laudanum has a nice preview then.
- Laudanum was also used as an anaesthetic.
- He died in 1829 from an overdose of laudanum.
- On arrival, he was drugged with rum and laudanum.
- He has tuberculosis, and an addiction to laudanum.
- Prevel also supplied Artaud with laudanum and opium.
- At another point in the movie, he is taking laudanum.
- Paregorics and laudanums pave the way to the formation of other bad habits.
- By the time of his accession, he was obese and possibly addicted to laudanum.
- Powders used for colds in the nose, also paregoric and laudanum, contain these harmful drugs.
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