Definition of Tincture of opium

1. Noun. Narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient.

Exact synonyms: Laudanum
Generic synonyms: Opiate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tincture Of Opium

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tinclads
tinct
tinctable
tincted
tincting
tinction
tinctorial
tinctorially
tincts
tinctumutation
tinctura
tincturation
tincture
tincture of iodine
tincture of opium (current term)
tinctured
tinctures
tincturing
tind
tindal
tindals
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tinder
tinder-box
tinder-boxes
tinder box
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tinderboxes
tindered

Literary usage of Tincture of opium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1856)
"This is chiefly a mixture of infusion of Sassafras, treacle, and tincture of opium. The quantity of tincture of opium contained in it is, according to Dr. ..."

2. Medical jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, Edward Hartshorne (1861)
"This is chiefly a mixture of infusion of sassafras, treacle, and tincture of opium. The quantity of tincture of opium contained in it is stated by the late ..."

3. Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1858)
"This is chiefly a mixture of infusion of sassafras, treacle, and tincture of opium. The quantity of tincture of opium contained in it is stated by the late ..."

4. Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, Edward Hartshorne (1853)
"The syrup in this case probably contained tincture of opium. Seven children are reported to have lost their lives by this syrup a 1837-8. ..."

5. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1892)
"... method of determining the morphine in tincture of opium by observing the depth of the blue or green coloration produced on treating the sample with a ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1886)
"Take of tincture of opium seventy grammes, representing seven grammes of powdered opium. This may be weighed in a beaker, if the scales are too small to ..."

7. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1848)
"Ph. US TINCTURA 0 rn, Tincture of Opium, Liquid Ijau'danum, ... and constipating properties of the tincture of opium. ..."

8. Laboratory Manual for the Detection of Poisons and Powerful Drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth, William Homer Warren (1915)
"In Wine of Opium and Tincture of Opium.—"Evaporate about 50 grams of either preparation in a weighed dish to 15 grams, add water until the weight is 38 ..."

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