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heroin

[ her-oh-in ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. 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.


heroin

/ ˈhɛrəʊɪn /

noun

  1. a white odourless bitter-tasting crystalline powder related to morphine: a highly addictive narcotic. Formula: C 21 H 23 NO 5 Technical namesdiamorphinediacetylmorphine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


heroin

/ hĕrō-ĭn /

  1. A white, odorless, bitter crystalline compound, C 17 H 17 NO(C 2 H 3 O 2 ) 2 , that is derived from morphine and is a highly addictive narcotic.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of heroin1

1895–1900; formerly trademark; < German Heroin < Greek hērō-, stem of hḗrōs hero + German -in -in 2; allegedly so called from the feelings of power and euphoria which it stimulates
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Word History and Origins

Origin of heroin1

C19: coined in German as a trademark, probably from hero , referring to its aggrandizing effect on the personality
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Example Sentences

Police said he was under the influence of heroin and found heroin and more than 200 pills in his vehicle.

Historically, Houry says, the greatest concern surrounding synthetic opioids was that they might be contaminating other opioids, such as heroin.

So-called “drug tourism” hasn’t really been a problem for Portugal, but it happened in Switzerland after officials in the 1980s and 1990s began officially “ignoring” heroin in Zurich’s Platzspitz Park.

She’s cleaning the same streets on which she once used PCP and heroin.

Looking ahead, Maze wonders if such epigenetic changes might also occur in response to other addictive drugs, including heroin, alcohol and nicotine.

The correspondent does a stand-up next to a burning pile of heroin and gets a taste of its effect.

Like many rock stars of the time, Ramone lived there on-and-off for a time; he even detoxed from heroin there once.

Keith Green finds Ramone at the Chelsea, trying to kick heroin for good.

Back in 2001, that “definition” of female beauty basically fell into two categories: Playboy chic, or heroin chic.

It remains a Schedule I narcotic to this day, considered as dangerous and addictive by the federal government as heroin and MDMA.

For those who have opium, cocaine, veronal, or heroin to sell can always find a ready market in London and elsewhere.

At one time Parke, Davis & Co. admitted that the preparation owed its chief value to heroin.

Because of its activity the most prominent action would be that characteristic of heroin hydrochlorid.

Morphine is the chief active principle, and codeine and heroin are the chief derivatives of morphine.

Codeine is one eighth the strength of morphine; heroin is three times as strong as morphine.

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