heroin

[US]/ˈherəʊɪn/
[UK]/ˈheroʊɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a powerful addictive drug used for medical purposes and recreation

Example Sentences

He is a heroin addict.

a fatal heroin overdose

he beat heroin addiction in 1992.

the biggest heroin pipeline in history.

regular heroin users can become constipated.

He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.

Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.

heroin and other hard drugs

heroin dealers tried to fast-talk him into a quick sale.

the heroes and heroines of the silver screen

Customs have made their biggest ever seizure of heroin.

Opium, morphine, heroin, marihuana and other addictive kef and psychotropic substance;

Objective To explore the clinical safety and efficacy of bilateral stereotactic cingulotomy against psychological dependence in heroin addicts and the possible mechanism it works.

Epidemiological studies on DHE abuse suggested that DHE produced heroin-like euphorigenic effect with a high abuse potential.

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