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Word: Heroin
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from German Heroin, from Latin heros ‘hero’ (because of its effects on the user's self-esteem)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈhɛrəʊɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a highly addictive analgesic drug derived from morphine, often used illicitly as a narcotic producing euphoria.
Short Definition:highly addictive analgesic drug derived from morphine, often used illicitly as narcotic producing euphoria
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