diacetylmorphine

[ dahy-uh-seet-l-mawr-feen, -set-, dahy-as-i-tl- ]
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nounPharmacology.

Origin of diacetylmorphine

1
First recorded in 1870–75; diacetyl + morphine

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British Dictionary definitions for diacetylmorphine

diacetylmorphine

/ (daɪˌæsətɪlˈmɔːfiːn) /


noun
  1. another name for heroin

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