mausoleum (iou) and paramorphine (medicine)

mausoleum (iou)

mausoleum noun. , -leums. LME.
[Latin from Greek Mausoleion, from Mausolos Mausolos (see below).]
The magnificent tomb of Mausolus, King of Caria, erected in the 4th cent. BC at Halicarnassus by his queen Artemisia. LME.
gen. A large and stately place of burial. LME.
fig.: H. Brooke O! London, London! thou mausoleum of dead souls!
= CATAFALQUE 1. L17-E18.
mausolean adjective M16.

paramorphine (medicine)

paramorphine -->
thebaine
<chemistry> A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine.

Origin: So called from a kind of Egyptian opium produced at Thebes.

Source: Websters Dictionary

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