LAUDANUM
\lˈɔːdanəm], \lˈɔːdanəm], \l_ˈɔː_d_a_n_ə_m]\
Definitions of LAUDANUM
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Every preparation of opium, solid or liquid, but more particularly the extract and tincture, and especially the latter.
By Robley Dunglison
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[Probably a contraction of laudatum medicamentum (the celebrated remedy) or laude dignum (the praiseworthy remedy), although by some supposed to be from ladanum (q. v.).] A paracelsian name for tincture of opium, formerly applied also to any anodyne. See tinctura opii, under opium.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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