Heroin vs. Heroine

Heroinnoun

A powerful and addictive drug derived from opium producing intense euphoria classed as an illegal narcotic in most of the world.

Heroinnoun

a morphine derivative, diacetyl morphine, used to relieve severe pain and as a sedative. It is highly addictive, and its use is strictly controlled in the U.S. by federal law. It is a popular strong narcotic drug of abuse, in part because it is more soluble than morphine. It is sometimes included as one of the components of Brompton's mixture, used to control pain in terminallly ill patients.

Heroinnoun

a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush

Heroinnoun

a highly addictive analgesic drug derived from morphine, often used illicitly as a narcotic producing euphoria.

Heroin

Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is an opioid used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Medical grade diamorphine is used as a pure hydrochloride salt which is distinguished from black tar heroin, a variable admixture of morphine derivatives—predominantly 6-MAM (6-monoacetylmorphine), which is the result of crude acetylation during clandestine production of street heroin.

Heroinenoun

A female hero.

Heroinenoun

A female lead character.

Heroinenoun

A woman of an heroic spirit.

Heroinenoun

The principal female person who figures in a remarkable action, or as the subject of a poem or story.

Heroinenoun

the main good female character in a work of fiction

Heroinenoun

a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds