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

bromoil process, bromomethane, bromosexual, bromouracil, brompheniramine, 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.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cook, stirring often, for 10 minutes or until the sugar is completely dissolved and the mixture is smooth.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Remove some shallots from the buttermilk and dredge in the seasoned flour mixture.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Add the water mixture all at once and pulse until the mixture just comes together.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Pumpkin Pecan Pie|Carla Hall|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I said that mixture of glamour and vulnerability is potent, especially if you can sense the vulnerability.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination|Mindy Farabee|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Competing stores needlessly occupy the time of hundreds of thousands of employees in a mixture of idleness and industry.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
He carries a bamboo basket in which he has put a mixture containing a curious kind of poison.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade
Her mother would have been inexpressibly shocked at such a mixture of love and religion.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline|Jennie M. Drinkwater
The mixture was washed on the eighteenth of the said month, and a small grain of gold, weighing one-half real, was obtained.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
From the said mixture, although they tried it several times, it was impossible to fuse or melt the said ore.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various