heroin \her"o*in\ (h[~e]r"[-o]*[i^]n), n. (Chem.)
a morphine derivative, diacetyl morphine, used to relieve
severe pain and as a sedative. It is highly addictive, and
its use is strictly controlled in the U.S. by federal law. It
is a popular strong narcotic drug of abuse, in part because
it is more soluble than morphine. It is sometimes included as
one of the components of Brompton's mixture, used to control
pain in terminallly ill patients.
Syn: diacetyl morphine, H, horse, junk, scag, shit, smack.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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83 Moby Thesaurus words for "heroin":
Amytal, Amytal pill, Demerol, Dolophine, H, Luminal, Luminal pill,
M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Seconal, Seconal pill,
Tuinal, Tuinal pill, alcohol, amobarbital sodium, analgesic,
anodyne, barb, barbiturate, barbiturate pill, black stuff, blue,
blue angel, blue devil, blue heaven, blue velvet, calmative,
chloral hydrate, codeine, codeine cough syrup, depressant,
depressor, dolly, downer, goofball, hard stuff, hop, horse,
hypnotic, junk, knockout drops, laudanum, liquor, lotus,
meperidine, methadone, morphia, morphine, narcotic, opiate, opium,
pacifier, pain killer, paregoric, pen yan, phenobarbital,
phenobarbital sodium, purple heart, quietener, rainbow, red, scag,
secobarbital sodium, sedative, shit, sleep-inducer, sleeper,
sleeping draught, sleeping pill, smack, sodium thiopental,
somnifacient, soother, soothing syrup, soporific, tar,
tranquilizer, turps, white stuff, yellow, yellow jacket
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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