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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
laudanum /ˈlɔːd(ə)nəm, ˈlɒ-/

▶noun an alcoholic solution containing morphine, prepared from opium and formerly used as a narcotic painkiller.

– origin C16: mod. L., perh. a var. of L. ladanum (see ladanum).

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