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Opiate

Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistence than sirup, prepared with opium.

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Codeine 76% connected

One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much feebler in its ac…

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Laudanum 76% connected

Tincture of opium, used for various medical purposes.

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Morphia 76% connected

Morphine.

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Morphine 76% connected

A bitter white crystalline alkaloid found in opium, possessing strong narcotic properties, and much used as an anodyne; -- called also morphia, and m…

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Narcotic 76% connected

Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.

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Opium 70% connected

The inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum, or white poppy.

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