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アヘンチンキ

Meanings

1

noun

laudanum; opium tincture

usually written using kana alone

A medicinal preparation of opium dissolved in alcohol, historically used as a painkiller and sedative.

19世せい紀きには、アヘンチンキが痛いたみ止どめとして広ひろく使つかわれていた。
In the 19th century, laudanum was widely used as a painkiller.

Written forms

アヘンチンキ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this loanword; usually written in kana.
阿あ片へんチンキ
Kanji spelling using 阿片 for opium; rare in modern usage.
あへんチンキ
Mixed hiragana-katakana reading; not a common written form.

Kanji

阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon
片

one-sided, leaf, sheet

Similar words

阿あ片へん
阿片 (opium) is the raw substance; アヘンチンキ is a specific tincture preparation.
モルヒネ
モルヒネ (morphine) is a purified alkaloid from opium, while アヘンチンキ is a crude opium extract in alcohol.

Etymology

From Dutch 'tinctuur' (tincture) and 'opium', via 阿片 (ahen, 'opium') + チンキ (chinki, 'tincture').