laudanum
/ˈlɒdənəm/noun
mass noun
- an alcoholic solution containing morphine, prepared from opium and formerly used as a narcotic painkiller鸦片酒, 鸦片酊。
词源
mid 16th cent. (applied to various preparations containing opium)： modern Latin， the name given by Paracelsus to a costly medicament of which opium was believed to be the active ingredient; perhaps a variant of Latin ladanum （see LADANUM）.