Brompton mixture

or Brompton's mixture

[ bromp-tuhn ]

/ ˈbrɒmp tən /

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noun Pharmacology.

an analgesic mixture, usually containing morphine and cocaine and sometimes other narcotic substances in an alcohol solution, administered primarily to advanced cancer patients.

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Also called Brompton cocktail, Brompton's cocktail.

Origin of Brompton mixture

First recorded in 1975–80; after Brompton Hospital, London, where the mixture was developed

Words nearby Brompton mixture

bromouracil, brompheniramine, brompheniramine maleate, bromphenol test, Brompton cocktail, Brompton mixture, Bromsgrove, bronc, bronch-, bronchi, bronchia

How to use Brompton mixture in a sentence

This will make it easy to pour the flour mixture into the stand mixer.
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Cook, stirring often, for 10 minutes or until the sugar is completely dissolved and the mixture is smooth.
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Remove some shallots from the buttermilk and dredge in the seasoned flour mixture.
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Add the water mixture all at once and pulse until the mixture just comes together.
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I said that mixture of glamour and vulnerability is potent, especially if you can sense the vulnerability.
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Competing stores needlessly occupy the time of hundreds of thousands of employees in a mixture of idleness and industry.
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He carries a bamboo basket in which he has put a mixture containing a curious kind of poison.
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Her mother would have been inexpressibly shocked at such a mixture of love and religion.
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The mixture was washed on the eighteenth of the said month, and a small grain of gold, weighing one-half real, was obtained.
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From the said mixture, although they tried it several times, it was impossible to fuse or melt the said ore.
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