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morphine
[ mawr-feen ]
noun
- a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
morphine
/ ˈmɔːfiːn; ˈmɔːfɪə /
noun
- an alkaloid extracted from opium: used in medicine as an analgesic and sedative, although repeated use causes addiction. Formula: C 17 H 19 NO 3
morphine
/ môr′fēn′ /
- A highly addictive drug derived from opium and used to treat intractable pain, as in severe injury or metastatic cancer.
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Other Words From
- mor·phin·ic [mawr-, fin, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of morphine1
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Example Sentences
All the junkies try to transfer to them, for the abundance of morphine.
Strong pain medications such as morphine and ketamine did not help.
The effects of the morphine “could take four hours, it could take 12 hours.”
The Queen's bloodstock adviser indicated in a statement that this is the suspected source of the morphine.
Once he got accustomed to his morphine dosages, his feelings of guilt kept him from falling asleep.
As soon as it was light they sent Jim for Dr. Basset, and he gave her a strong dose of morphine.
The morphine is separated from the same solution by shaking out with warm chloroform.
His brother told the young medical student in charge what the doctor had said about the morphine.
The doctors were summoned, and it was only after repeated injections of morphine that the pain had been eased.
We grow tall, we De Willoughbys, we have black eyes, we drink and we make ourselves insane with morphine.
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