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- [her-oh-in]
- /ˈhɛr oʊ ɪn/
- /ˈher.əʊ.ɪn/
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- [her-oh-in]
- /ˈhɛr oʊ ɪn/
Definitions of heroin word
- noun heroin a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C 21 H 23 NO 5 , derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger of addiction. 1
- noun heroin A highly addictive analgesic drug derived from morphine, often used illicitly as a narcotic producing euphoria. 1
- noun heroin narcotic drug 1
- uncountable noun heroin Heroin is a powerful drug which some people take for pleasure, but which they can become addicted to. 0
- noun heroin a white odourless bitter-tasting crystalline powder related to morphine: a highly addictive narcotic. Formula: C21H23NO5 0
- noun heroin a white, crystalline powder, an acetyl derivative of morphine, C17H17NO(C2H3O2)2: it is a very powerful, habit-forming narcotic whose manufacture and import are prohibited in the U.S. 0
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Origin of heroin
First appearance:
before 1895 One of the 18% newest English words
1895-1900; formerly trademark; < German Heroin < Greek hērō-, stem of hḗrōs hero + German -in -in2; allegedly so called from the feelings of power and euphoria which it stimulates
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Parts of speech for Heroin
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heroin popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for heroin
noun heroin
- 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.
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