All 3 Uses
opium
in
Kindred, by Octavia Butler
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- The doctor gave him some opium, but the pain seemed to reach him right through it.†
p. 78.1 *opium = a powerful narcotic
- Opium ...will he be all right?†
p. 78.1
- Since laudanum was an opium extract, I didn't doubt that she still needed it.†
p. 217.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(opium) a powerful drug made from a type of poppy; relieves pain and aids sleep, but highly addictive and dangerous when abused recreationally
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)