Morphine meaning

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A bitter crystalline alkaloid, C17 H19 NO3 · H2 O, extracted from opium, the soluble salts of which are used in medicine as an analgesic, a light anesthetic, or a sedative.
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A bitter, white or colorless, crystalline narcotic alkaloid, C17H19NO3H2O, derived from opium and used in medicine to relieve pain.
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An alkaloid, C17 H19 NO3 , extracted from opium and used in the form of its hydrated sulfate or hydrochloride salt to relieve moderate to severe pain.
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A highly addictive drug derived from opium and used to treat intractable pain, as in severe injury or metastatic cancer.
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A crystalline alkaloid (7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-morphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.
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Origin of morphine

French from Morphée Morpheus from Latin Morpheus

Sentence Examples

  • The effects of morphine are much more deleterious than those of opiumsmoking.

  • The remedy most trusted to in this disease is opium and its alkaloids, morphine and codeine.

  • It is worse even than opium-eating, in proportion as morphine is more active than opium.

  • The sale and use of morphine in India and Burma is now restricted.

  • In some abdominal conditions, for instance, opium is still preferred by the majority of practitioners, though certainly not in gastric cases, where morphine gives the relief for which opium often increases the need, owing to the irritant action of some of its constituents.

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