Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In medicine, a syrup made of poppies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A sirup made of poppies.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine, dated A
syrup made frompoppies .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Apprehensive that the more urgent symptoms were caused by water in the lungs, I directed an Infusion of Digitalis, with an ounce of diacodium to the half pint to prevent it purging, a wine glass full to be taken every night at bed-time, and a mixture with confect.cardiac. and pulv.ipecac. to be given in small doses after every loose stool.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases William Withering 1770
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Of the heads boiled in water, is made the frup of diacodium.
The Family Herbal,: And of the Drugs which are Produced by Vegetables of Other Countries : with ... John Hill, Charles Brightly, T. Kinnersley 1812
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