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DIACETYLMORPHINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diacetylmorphine mean? 

DIACETYLMORPHINE (noun)
  The noun DIACETYLMORPHINE has 1 sense:

1. a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rushplay

  Familiarity information: DIACETYLMORPHINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DIACETYLMORPHINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

diacetylmorphine; heroin

Hypernyms ("diacetylmorphine" is a kind of...):

hard drug (a narcotic that is considered relatively strong and likely to cause addiction)

opiate (a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diacetylmorphine"):

big H; hell dust; nose drops; scag; skag; smack; thunder (street names for heroin)


 Context examples 


Once administered, diamorphine (or diacetylmorphine) is rapidly hydrolyzed to 6-monoacetylmorphine (6-MAM) and then to the end-product morphine which binds to opiate receptors located throughout the mammalian nervous and gastrointestinal systems.

(Diacetylmorphine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)



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