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morphine Definition

mor·phine (môrfēn′)

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

Related Forms:

  • morphinic mor·phin′ic (-fēnik, -finik) adjective
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?