morphine
a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C17H19NO3⋅H2O, 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.
Origin of morphine
1- Also mor·phi·a [mawr-fee-uh]. /ˈmɔr fi ə/.
Other words from morphine
- mor·phin·ic [mawr-fin-ik], /mɔrˈfɪn ɪk/, adjective
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How to use morphine in a sentence
Two more of my fellows were badly hit at the same time, and I had to send a man to give them morphia while awaiting the doctor.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton LaurieI had plenty of morphia given to him, and he is now dying without any pain quite peacefully.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton LaurieOpium and morphia may thus be readily detected in beer, wine, soup, and milk.
Subsequent irritation may be soothed by opium or morphia, and antiphlogistics.
Possibly she would not have behaved as she did in church, but that her nervous being was a very sponge for morphia.
There and Back | George MacDonald
British Dictionary definitions for morphine
morphia (ˈmɔːfɪə)
/ (ˈmɔːfiːn) /
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
Origin of morphine
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for 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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Cultural definitions for morphine
[ (mawr-feen) ]
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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