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Pronounced as (IPA)
/heʁoˈiːn/
Etymology
Invented as a brand name by the German pharmaceutical company Bayer, which started marketing heroine in 1895. The name was coined to evoke heroisch (“heroic”), ultimately from Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”).
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