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Synonyms for heroin

Grammar : Noun
Spell : her-oh-in
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛr oʊ ɪn

Top 10 synonyms for heroin
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Définition of heroin

Origin :
  • 1898, from German Heroin, coined 1898 as trademark registered by Friedrich Bayer & Co. for their morphine substitute, traditionally from Greek heros (see hero (n.1)) because of the euphoric feeling the drug provides, but no evidence for this seems to have been found so far.
  • A new hypnotic, to which the name of "heroin" has been given, has been tried in the medical clinic of Professor Gerhardt in Berlin. ["The Lancet," Dec. 3, 1898]
  • noun smack
Example sentences :
  • At this writing the most harmful form of opiate with which we have to deal is heroin.
  • Extract from : « Habits that Handicap » by Charles B. Towns
  • Heroin in doses of from 1/24th to 1/12th grain is often of service.
  • Extract from : « Manual of Surgery » by Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
  • Heroin hydrochloride has been tried in their place, but this seems to have more power over slight than over severe cases.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 » by Various
  • Another is a society woman who was given a dose of heroin and that one dose proved sufficient for her undoing.
  • Extract from : « Heart and Soul » by Victor Mapes (AKA Maveric Post)
  • At the beginning of my Administration there were over a half million heroin addicts in the United States.
  • Extract from : « Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006 » by Various
  • She lives in the inner city, where she cares for infants born of mothers who are heroin addicts.
  • Extract from : « Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006 » by Various
  • In each case the victim was a heroin fiend and took an overdose.
  • Extract from : « The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2 » by Various
  • For those who have opium, cocaine, veronal, or heroin to sell can always find a ready market in London and elsewhere.
  • Extract from : « Dope » by Sax Rohmer
  • Morphine is the chief active principle, and codeine and heroin are the chief derivatives of morphine.
  • Extract from : « Habits that Handicap » by Charles B. Towns
  • Codeine is one eighth the strength of morphine; heroin is three times as strong as morphine.
  • Extract from : « Habits that Handicap » by Charles B. Towns
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