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diacetylmorphine

di·a·ce·tyl·mor·phine
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dahy-uh-seet-l-mawr-feen, -set-, dahy-as-i-tl-]
    • /ˌdaɪ əˌsit lˈmɔr fin, -ˌsɛt-, daɪˌæs ɪ tl-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dahy-uh-seet-l-mawr-feen, -set-, dahy-as-i-tl-]
    • /ˌdaɪ əˌsit lˈmɔr fin, -ˌsɛt-, daɪˌæs ɪ tl-/

Definitions of diacetylmorphine word

  • noun diacetylmorphine heroin. 1
  • noun diacetylmorphine (pharmaceutical drug) The INN name for the drug heroin. 1
  • noun diacetylmorphine (pharmacology) The INN name for the drug heroin. 0

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Origin of diacetylmorphine

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75; diacetyl + morphine

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Parts of speech for Diacetylmorphine

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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diacetylmorphine popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

diacetylmorphine usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for diacetylmorphine

noun diacetylmorphine

  • dope — any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
  • opium — the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses.
  • drug — the cosmic principle of disorder and falsehood.
  • narcotic — any of a class of substances that blunt the senses, as opium, morphine, belladonna, and alcohol, that in large quantities produce euphoria, stupor, or coma, that when used constantly can cause habituation or addiction, and that are used in medicine to relieve pain, cause sedation, and induce sleep.
  • junk — narcotics, especially heroin.

Top questions with diacetylmorphine

  • what is diacetylmorphine?
  • how to make diacetylmorphine?

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