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• Opium — For other uses, see Opium (disambiguation). Opium Opium poppy fruit exuding latex from a cut Botanical Opium Source plant(s) Papaver somnifer …   Wikipedia

• opium — /oh pee euhm/, n. 1. 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 …   Universalium

• Opium — An addictive narcotic drug derived from the unripe seedpods of the opium poppy. Preparations of opium were called laudanum. Derivatives of laudanum include paregoric (a drug to treat diarrhea), morphine and heroin. For centuries, opium was used… …   Medical dictionary

• Dover's powder — was a traditional medicine against cold and fever. It is no longer in use in modern medicine, but may have been in use at least through the 1960s. A 1958 source describes Dover s Powder as follows: Powder of Ipecacuanha and Opium (B.P., Egyp. P …   Wikipedia

• Dover's powder — Do·ver s powder dō vərz n a powder of ipecac and opium that is now compounded in the U.S. with lactose and in England with potassium sulfate and that is used as an anodyne and diaphoretic Do·ver dō vər Thomas (1660 1742) British physician. A… …   Medical dictionary

• Dover's Powder — Do ver s Pow der [From Dr. Dover, an English physician.] (Med.) A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States) with sulphate of potash, and in France (as in Dr …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• White powder — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Dover's powder — noun a medicinal powder made essentially of ipecac and opium; formerly used to relieve pain and induce perspiration • Hypernyms: ↑powder …   Useful english dictionary

• Dover's powder — noun Etymology: Thomas Dover died 1742 English physician Date: 1801 a powder of ipecac and opium formerly used as a pain reliever and diaphoretic …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Dover's powder — Pharm. a powder containing ipecac and opium, used as an anodyne, diaphoretic, and antispasmodic. [1795 1805; named after T. Dover (1660 1742), English physician] * * * …   Universalium

• Dover's powder — /ˈdoʊvəz paʊdə/ (say dohvuhz powduh) noun a medicinal powder containing ipecacuanha and opium, formerly used as an anodyne, diaphoretic, and antispasmodic. {named after Dr Thomas Dover, 1660–1742, English physician} …