opium poppy haşhaş

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Definition von opium poppy haşhaş im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch

opium

A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine

{n} the distilled juce of Turkish popples

Opium is a powerful drug made from the seeds of a type of poppy. Opium is used in medicines that relieve pain or help someone sleep. a powerful illegal drug made from poppy seeds. Drugs made from opium are used to reduce severe pain heroin (opion, from opos ). Organic compound, a narcotic drug known since ancient Greek times, obtained from exuded juice of immature fruit capsules of the opium poppy. Opium has legitimate medical uses, as the source of the alkaloids codeine and morphine and their derivatives. It is also used illicitly, either raw or purified as alkaloids and their derivatives (including heroin). Opium alkaloids of one type (e.g., morphine, codeine) act on the nervous system, mimicking the effects of endorphins; they are analgesic, narcotic, and potentially addicting (see drug addiction). Those of a second type, including papaverine and noscapine, relieve smooth muscle spasms and are not analgesic, narcotic, or addicting. Habitual opium use produces physical and mental deterioration and shortens life. Overdose can cause death by depressing respiration

Anything that numbs or stupefies

The inspissated juice of the Papaver somniferum, or white poppy

{i} addictive narcotic drug derived from poppy seeds and used medically to relieve severe pain

an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy

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