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/ˈopjo/

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Translation

opium

Word origin

From Latin opium, from Greek opion ('poppy juice'), a diminutive of opos ('vegetable juice, sap'). English 'opium' and 'opiate' share the root.

Origin
Greek
Root
opion
English cognates
opium, opiate

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralopios

Examples

amapola.

Opium is extracted from a variety of poppy.

XIX boticas.

In the nineteenth century opium was sold in pharmacies.

comercio provocó China.

The opium trade caused wars in China.

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Did you know that morphine is obtained from opium?

advirtió .

The doctor warned of the danger of opium.

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