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noun - narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient
A tincture of opium, formerly used as a drug.
noun - a type of opium preparation
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| This tincture of opium was wildly popular during the Victorian era |
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| A tincture of opium, formerly used as a drug. |
| an alcoholic solution containing morphine, prepared from opium and formerly used as a narcotic painkiller. |
| narcotic consisting of a tincture of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient |
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Laudanum is a tincture of opium containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight (the equivalent of 1% morphine).Reddish-brown and extremely bitter, laudanum contains almost all of the opium alkaloids, including morphine and codeine. Laudanum was historically used to treat a variety of conditions, but its principal use was as a pain medication and cough suppressant. Until the early 20th century, laudanum was sold without a prescription and was a constituent of many patent medicines. Today, laudanum is recognized as addictive and is strictly regulated and controlled as such throughout most of the world. The United States Uniform Controlled Substances Act, for one example, lists it on Schedule II. * Laudanum is known as a "whole opium" preparation since it historically contained all the opium alkaloids. Today, however, the drug is often processed to remove all or most of the noscapine (also called narcotine) present as this is a strong emetic and does not add appreciably to the analg |