noun
a tincture of opium, containing morphine and codeine, used as a sedative or narcotic
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The doctor prescribed laudanum to help alleviate the patient's pain.
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I heard laudanum can really knock you out if you take too much.
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Some people used to refer to laudanum as 'liquid gold' back in the day.
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She drowned her sorrows in a bottle of laudanum.