Laudanum Synonyms

lôdn-əm
Narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tincture of opium

Words Related to Laudanum

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. hashish
  2. quinine
  3. strychnine
  4. benzedrine

Laudanum Sentence Examples

  • Similar procedures are used for the intestine, and one of the best methods of treating the diarrhoea consequent upon the presence of irritating substances in the intestinal canal is to give a dose of castor-oil together with a few drops of laudanum.

  • Should she take laudanum, and end it, to have done with all hopes, schemes, debts, and triumphs?

  • Every effort was made to conceal the fact of occasionally administering laudanum, but it was at length admitted.

  • Thence till three, we labored with mustard poultices, laudanum, soda and ginger - Heavens!

  • The actual therapeutical resources of Paracelsus included a large number of metallic preparations, in the introduction of some of which he did good service, and, among vegetable preparations, the tincture of opium, still known by the name he gave it, laudanum.

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