ALL meanings of opium
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O o - noun opium A reddish -brown heavy-scented addictive drug prepared from the juice of the opium poppy, used as a narcotic and in medicine as an analgesic. 1
- noun 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. 1
- noun opium anything that causes dullness or inaction or that soothes the mind or emotions. 1
- noun opium narcotic obtained from poppies 1
- noun opium sthg that dulls the senses 1
- uncountable noun opium Opium is a powerful drug made from the juice or sap of a type of poppy. Opium is used in medicines that relieve pain or help someone sleep. 0
- noun opium the dried juice extracted from the unripe seed capsules of the opium poppy that contains alkaloids such as morphine and codeine: used in medicine as an analgesic 0
- noun opium something having a tranquillizing or stupefying effect 0
- noun opium a yellow to dark brown, addicting, narcotic drug prepared from the juice of the unripe seed capsules of the opium poppy: it contains such alkaloids as morphine, codeine, and papaverine, and is used as an intoxicant and medicinally to relieve pain and produce sleep 0
- noun opium anything that has a tranquilizing or stupefying effect 0