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apomorphine

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(ap′ō môr′fēn′, ap′ə-)

noun

a crystalline alkaloid, CHNO, produced by synthesis from morphine: used as an emetic and expectorant

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noun

A poisonous white crystalline alkaloid, C₁₇H₁₇NO₂, derived from morphine and used medicinally to induce vomiting.

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