morphine
morphine
Definition
mor·phine (môr′fēn′)
noun
a bitter, white or colorless, crystalline narcotic alkaloid, CHNO·HO, derived from opium and used in medicine to relieve pain
also morphia mor′·phia (-fē ə)
Etymology: Ger morphin or Fr morphine < ModL morphium, so named (1811) by F. W. A. Sertürner (1783-1841), Ger pharmacist < L Morpheus: see Morpheus
morphine
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- inject: Injected morphine in postoperative pain: a quantitative systematic review.
- administer: Cancer of the jaw, heart failure, an overdose of morphine administered by his doctor.
- prescribe: I am prescribed morphine, slow release which I have taken for two years.
Adjective modifier
- intra-articular: In two of six trials there was no internal sensitivity and no difference between intra-articular morphine and saline.
- intramuscular: For comparison, with 10 mg intramuscular morphine about 53 % of patients get more than 50 % pain relief.
- epidural: A single dose of epidural morphine may relieve pain for 12-24 hours.
- intravenous: For the painful bone crises, analgesics ( pain relief ), usually intravenous morphine, were the only choice.
- oral: The oral morphine can be slowly stopped once the battery has been replaced.
- e.g.: Pain is controlled by strong pain killing drugs delivered continuously via a drip ( e.g. morphine ).
Modifies a noun
- sulfate: On further assessment her husband informs you she has been taking the morphine sulfate during the day ( three to four times ).
- overdose: In the same year, her husband died from a morphine overdose.
- drip: She was put on a morphine drip for the pain tho.
- infusion: Delayed recall of information presented during the morphine infusion was significantly impaired.
- addiction: He himself was in hospital in Peking, seeking a cure for morphine addiction.
- addict: Such treatment instantly throws a morphine addict into withdrawal.
Noun used with modifier
- mg: Apply 10 mg morphine once or twice a day.
- dose: At all times be gentle and consider using sedation such as low dose diazepam and/or morphine to help you.
- release: As with modified release morphine this is not suitable for use if the patient has unstable pain.
Preposition: in
- tissue: Comment This was a cremation case with no direct evidence of morphine in the body tissues.
Preposition: for
- pain: Reply post: Anyone take morphine for the pain?
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