Heroin
11heroin — heroin, heroine Both words are pronounced the same way, her oh in. The first is the drug and the second is the principal woman in a novel, play, etc. Despite their closeness of form and pronunciation, they manage to stay out of each other s way …
12heroin — [n] smack big H*, candy*, crap*, diacetylmorphine, doojee*, dope, drug, flea powder*, H*, hard stuff*, horse*, junk*, mojo*, narcotic, opium, scag*, white stuff*; concept 307 …
13heroin — ► NOUN ▪ a highly addictive painkilling drug derived from morphine, often used illicitly as a narcotic. ORIGIN German, from Latin heros hero (because of its effects on the user s self esteem) …
14heroin — [her′ō in] n. [Ger, orig., trademark: coined (1898) by H. Dreser, Ger chemist < Gr hērōs, HERO + Ger in, INE3: ? because of euphoric effect] a white, crystalline powder, an acetyl derivative of morphine, C17H17NO(C2H3O2) 2: it is a very… …
15Heroin — Not to be confused with heroine. For other uses, see Heroin (disambiguation). Heroin …
16Heroin — Strukturformel Allgemeines Freiname Diacetylmorphin Andere Nam …
17heroin — /her oh in/, n. Pharm. a white, crystalline, narcotic powder, C21H23NO5, derived from morphine, formerly used as an analgesic and sedative: manufacture and importation of heroin are now controlled by federal law in the U.S. because of the danger… …
18Heroin — Schnee (umgangssprachlich); Diacetylmorphin (fachsprachlich); Diamorphin (fachsprachlich) * * * He|ro|in [hero i:n], das; s: sehr starkes Rauschgift: von Heroin abhängig sein; Heroin nehmen, spritzen. Syn.: ↑ Droge, ↑ …
19Heroin — A narcotic derived and refined from the latex of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). Its various grades, usually injected into the bloodstream with a needle, are much stronger and more addictive than opium, which is usually smoked. Not only… …
20heroin — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. diamorphine; [big] H, horse, snow, scag (all sl.). See drugs, habit. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. narcotic, drug, *horse, *snow, smack, *Big H, *black pearl, *Charley, *DOA, Hazel, *joy powder,… …
