a white odourless bitter-tasting crystalline powder related to morphine: a highly addictive narcotic. Formula: C21H23NO5
Technical names: diamorphine, diacetylmorphine
Word origin
C19: coined in German as a trademark, probably from hero, referring to its aggrandizing effect on the personality
diamorphine in American English
(ˌdaiəˈmɔrfin)
noun
Pharmacology
heroin
Word origin
[1910–15; dia(cetyl) + morphine]This word is first recorded in the period 1910–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: carbon cycle, functionalism, insulin, isotope, radio
Examples of 'diamorphine' in a sentence
diamorphine
One of the reasons he's so often on another planet, as you call it, is because he's taking diamorphine to kill the pain.
Sara MacDonald SEA MUSIC (2003)
The former fighter pilot went into hospital in 1988 and was prescribed diamorphine.
The Sun (2018)
He had this blood syringe driver thing stuck in him, delivering diamorphine.
The Sun (2017)
24 hours filled with clinical as diamorphine.
The Sun (2018)
Phials of diamorphine are still scattered on the dining room table.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Since him, doctors' bags, it was revealed, no longer carry diamorphine.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She is also charged with possessing diamorphine and has yet to enter a plea.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
No doctor could have given diamorphine - usually reserved for those in terrible pain from cancer - instead of pethidine.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
An elderly patient would be hooked up to the devices and drip-fed diamorphine for hours at a time.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
The community team who made him feel so special as they tweaked the diamorphine in his final days.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
He gave her a 30mg dose of diamorphine, instead of 5mg, when she complained of a migraine.