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    OPIUM

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppyplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("opium" is a kind of...):

    controlled substance (a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law)

    narcotic (a drug that produces numbness or stupor; often taken for pleasure or to reduce pain; extensive use can lead to addiction)

    Holonyms ("opium" is a substance of...):

    opiate (a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative)

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     Context examples: 

    A phthalide isoquinoline non-narcotic alkaloid derived from the opium poppy Papaver somniferum, with mild analgesic, antitussive, and potential antineoplastic activities.

    (Noscapine, NCI Thesaurus)

    The orally available hydrochloride salt of the opioid agonist noscapine, a phthalideisoquinoline alkaloid derived from the opium poppy Papaver somniferum, with mild analgesic, antitussive, and potential antineoplastic activities.

    (Noscapine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

    Opioids are like opiates, such as morphine and codeine, but are not made from opium.

    (Opioid, NCI Dictionary)

    There is wild talk of cannon aboard, and of strange raids and expeditions she may make, ranging from opium smuggling into the States and arms smuggling into China, to blackbirding and open piracy.

    (The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

    Opiates include natural ingredients of the poppy and their derivatives - opium, morphine, codeine, and heroin.

    (Opiate, NCI Thesaurus)

    Opiates are made from opium or have opium in them.

    (Opiate, NCI Dictionary)

    Morphine sulfate is made from opium.

    (Morphine sulfate, NCI Dictionary)

    As a direct-acting smooth muscle relaxant, papaverine is not closely related to the other opium alkaloids in structure or pharmacological actions; its mechanism of action may involve the non-selective inhibition of phosphodiesterases and direct inhibition of calcium channels.

    (Papaverine, NCI Thesaurus)

    She was drugged with opium.

    (His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    Powdered opium is by no means tasteless.

    (The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)


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