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Brompton cocktail

noun

Etymology

Named after the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, England, where the formulation of this mixture was standardized in the late 1920s for cancer patients.

Definitions

  1. An elixir made from morphine or other substances, used as a pain suppressant in…

    An elixir made from morphine or other substances, used as a pain suppressant in terminally ill patients.

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