Definition of "laudanum" []

• A tincture of opium, formerly used as a drug. (noun)

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• ""To be sure I did, to calm down the pain; and that was what I call laudanum and Mr Briscoe here calls opium.""
• "Paracelsus created the narcotic opium, which he called laudanum, for his patients."
• "'Is not it shocking to think,' continued she, after she had swallowed it, 'that in laudanum alone I find the means of supporting existence?'"