morphine
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fin noun Pharmacology.
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.
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morphine or morphia (ˈmɔːfiːn, ˈmɔːfɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| an alkaloid extracted from opium: used in medicine as an analgesic and sedative, although repeated use causes addiction. Formula: C17H19NO3 | |
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| morphia or morphia | |
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Word Origin & History
morphine
1828, from Fr. morphine or Ger. Morphin (1816), name coined in allusion to L. Morpheus, Ovid's name for the god of dreams, from Gk. morphe "form, shape, beauty, outward appearance," perhaps from PIE *merph-, a possible Gk. root meaning "form," of unknown origin. So called
because of the drug's sleep-inducing properties.
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Medical Dictionary
morphine mor·phine (môr'fēn')
n.
A bitter crystalline alkaloid extracted from opium, the soluble salts of which are used in medicine as an analgesic, a light anesthetic, or a sedative. Also called morphia.
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Science Dictionary
morphine  (môr'fēn') Pronunciation Key
A highly addictive drug derived from opium and used to treat intractable pain, as in severe injury or metastatic cancer. |
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Example sentences
The work further showed that the fewer receptors, the less responsive the animals were to morphine.
He must have calculated how much morphine he could inject without losing control of a scalpel.
If that were the case, morphine would be far more cost efficient than striving for economic prosperity.
Tobacco and nicotine have a potential for addiction that is similar to alcohol, cocaine, and morphine.
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