2020-10-08 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด H - heroin & heroine

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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง Heroin & Heroine = ‘HER-oh-in”

Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree

heroin

highly addictive narcotic derived from morphine:

He had a hard time kicking heroin.

Not to be confused with:

heroine – courageous woman; principle female character:

The heroine of the play was a great actress.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Heroin

In 1898, the German pharmaceutical company Bayer began marketing heroin—whose name comes from the German word heroisch, meaning "powerful."

The product was marketed as a cough remedymade from a supposedly non-addictive morphine derivative.

It was also used as a cure for morphine addiction

—which unfortunately caused large numbers of users to become heroin addicts.

In part because of the growing population of "junkies"

(a term that may derive from the fact that somesupported their addictions by selling scrap metal), Bayer eventually ceased production and lost its trademark.

In 1914, American officials began regulating opiates, including the generic, powdered version of heroin.

Heroin

There are many words in the English language (such as Band-Aid and zipper)

which started their lives as trademarks.

In some cases, the trademark owners fought desperately to keep the public from using their legally owned name. And then there's heroin.

Heroin was developed by the German pharmaceutical company Bayer

—the same folks who brought you aspirin

—as a cough suppressant. Bayer registered the name Heroin in June of 1898,

but it didn't take long before some people discovered alternate uses for the drug.

Bayer ceased production and lost the trademark.

Now anyone can use the word heroin—though using the drug heroin is, of course, illegal.

Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary

Heroin is a highly addictive opium derivative;

the main female character in a narrative is a heroine.