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PRONUNCIATION OF DIACODIUM

diacodium  [ˌdaɪəˈkəʊdɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIACODIUM

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Diacodium is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIACODIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of diacodium in the English dictionary

The definition of diacodium in the dictionary is in pre-modern medicine, a herbal remedy made chiefly from poppies, acting as an opiate and thus used to aid sleep.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIACODIUM


allodium
əˈləʊdɪəm
alodium
əˈləʊdɪəm
anthodium
ænˈθəʊdɪəm
collodium
kəˈləʊdɪəm
desmodium
dɛzˈməʊdɪəm
disodium
daɪˈsəʊdɪəm
erodium
ɪˈrəʊdɪəm
leontopodium
lɪˌɒntəˈpəʊdɪəm
lycopodium
ˌlaɪkəˈpəʊdɪəm
monosodium
ˌmɒnəʊˈsəʊdɪəm
odeum
ˈəʊdɪəm
odium
ˈəʊdɪəm
parapodium
ˌpærəˈpəʊdɪəm
plasmodium
plæzˈməʊdɪəm
podium
ˈpəʊdɪəm
pseudopodium
ˌsjuːdəʊˈpəʊdɪəm
rhodium
ˈrəʊdɪəm
sodium
ˈsəʊdɪəm
sympodium
sɪmˈpəʊdɪəm
trisodium
traɪˈsəʊdɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIACODIUM

diachronically
diachronism
diachronistic
diachronous
diachrony
diachylon
diachylum
diacid
diacidic
diacodion
diaconal
diaconate
diaconicon
diacoustic
diacritic
diacritical
diacritical mark
diacritically
diact
diactinal

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIACODIUM

clostridium
compendium
cryptosporidium
culture medium
diphenylhydantoin sodium
indium
intermedium
iridium
medium
monopodium
palladium
pentobarbital sodium
Pentothal sodium
radium
spodium
stadium
staminodium
stylopodium
thiopental sodium
vanadium

Synonyms and antonyms of diacodium in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «diacodium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIACODIUM

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Translator English - Chinese

diacodium
1,325 millions of speakers

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diacodium
570 millions of speakers

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diacodium
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Translator English - Hindi

diacodium
380 millions of speakers
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diacodium
280 millions of speakers

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diacodium
278 millions of speakers

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diacodium
270 millions of speakers

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diacodium
260 millions of speakers

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diacodium
220 millions of speakers

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Diacodium
190 millions of speakers

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diacodium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

diacodium
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Translator English - Korean

diacodium
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Diacodium
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Translator English - Vietnamese

diacodium
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

diacodium
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डायॅकोडियम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

diacodium
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diacodium
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

diacodium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

diacodium
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

diacodium
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

diacodium
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

diacodium
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

diacodium
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

diacodium
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of diacodium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIACODIUM»

The term «diacodium» is barely ever used and occupies the 198.946 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIACODIUM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about diacodium

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIACODIUM»

Discover the use of diacodium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to diacodium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Observations in Physick, Both Rational and Practical: With a ...
The Vehicle above-mention'd is what I generally make -use of, 'but the Powder may be given ina little Syrup, small Sack-whey, or any thing else except Diacodium. :*r- ' X And here I cannot omit repeating his Opinion of Diacodium 5 I have ...
Thomas Apperley, 1731
2
A Medicinal Dispensatory: Containing the Whole Body of ...
Vulgar Apothecaries call this Sytupe Diacodium, but imperitel z, for Diacodium is reposed amon? the Opiates: yet one may supp y the defect of the other, when eep'should be concilia-ted. Poppies heads,by Galens advice, must be so long ...
Jean de Renou, 1657
3
The Medical Museum Or Select Cases, Experiments, Researches ...
Some who had no bad symptoms slept quietly the whole night, but others were awake. An ounce of the syrup of diacodium, given in the evening to the latter, procured proper repose. If one ounce of the syrup of diacodium had no effect, ...
‎1781
4
The London Practice of Physick, Or The Whole Practical Part ...
I shall now set down certain Select Forms of Narcoticks j which I shall also digest into certain Claffes, according as the Ot piats have for their Basis, either the Syrup or distill'd water, of the wild Poppy, or Diacodium, or Laudanum Extraction, ...
Thomas Willis, 1685
5
Sporting Magazine
ti6 POE 1 Iook'd, and admir'd said her charms none could doubt them, But for Breeches ! (3 Cupid I give me her without 'em ! 1 THE MIDNIGHT HOUR ; OR, DIACODIUM TRIUMPHANT. WftITTIN IN A fit or TV I COUT, A?K1L 1795. Xtc vigct ...
6
Botanologia
_ _ _ X X. Diacodium Crocatum Mynsichti, Diacodium with Saffron. Take white Poppy ... Diacodss S sJ Diacodium Solid dimmadoeliiig EZZesiIgHZZl/astlfiizi white Poppy Heads, meanly ripe, and newly gather"la N 702 flee? 'be'n 17' Spring ...
William Salmon, 1710
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Pharmacopœia officinalis&extemporanea. Or, a Complete ...
Saffron in fine Powder, of each 6 rains ; Diacodium, as much as is sufficient. Or, ( n.) Take Venice-Treacle, half a dram; red Coral and Bole, of each 10 grains; London Laudanum, 1 grain; Diacodium as much as is susficient. Or, (12.) Take red ...
John QUINCY, 1742
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Pharmacopoeia Universalis: Or, A New Universal English ...
'Take any Quantity os the Species of Scordium, or Water Germander with Opium , \ and thrice their Weight of Diacodium, boiled to the Thickness of Honey. Mix the Species with the Syrup into an Electuary. L. See the Remarks upon the Species ...
Robert James, 1747
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The Works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D., on Acute and Chronic ...
... morning and night, on the last and most dangerous days of the distemper. Nor is an ounce of diacodium always a sufficient dose at these times, for this quantity avails no more in a violent inflammation of the blood, and a very tumultuary ...
Thomas Sydenham, Benjamin Rush, 1809
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The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing: Irish women's ...
Sometimes she placed a lump of narcotic called 'diacodium' in the mouth of the baby, to stupefy it and prevent it from crying; of course it must often have happened that the 'lifter' of the second parish moved the infant again, perhaps back.
Angela Bourke, 2002

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Diacodium [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/diacodium>. May 2024 ».
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