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| o·pi·um [ ṓpee əm ] (plural o·pi·ums) |
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1. addictive drug: a brownish gummy extract from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy that contains several highly addictive narcotic alkaloid substances such as morphine and codeine
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2. stupefying thing: something that has a stupefying, numbing, or sleep-inducing effect
 Soap operas she dismissed as the opium of a bored populace.
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| [14th century. Via Latin< Greek opion "poppy juice" < opos "vegetable juice"] |
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