- a variation of morphine.
morphia
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Carrington lived for half a day in what must have been awful pain, apologising to her aghast friends through a haze of morphia.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 2, 2010
However, the action of both heart and lungs improved, and Van Helsing made a subcutaneous injection of morphia, as before, and with good effect.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
But even morphia could not fully dull the horror of this event.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
The next best plan is to administer morphia.
From The Domestic Cat by Gordon Stables
The seat of industry has been transferred to Japan, and morphia is now manufactured by the Japanese themselves.
From The Opium Monopoly by Ellen Newbold La Motte
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