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morphia

[ môr′fē-ə ]

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morphine

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Words nearby morphia

morphea, morpheme, morpheme structure condition, morphemics, Morpheus, morphia, -morphic, morphic resonance, morphine, morphing, morphinism

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How to use morphia in a sentence

Two more of my fellows were badly hit at the same time, and I had to send a man to give them morphia while awaiting the doctor.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie|George Brenton Laurie
I had plenty of morphia given to him, and he is now dying without any pain quite peacefully.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie|George Brenton Laurie
Opium and morphia may thus be readily detected in beer, wine, soup, and milk.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
Subsequent irritation may be soothed by opium or morphia, and antiphlogistics.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley

Possibly she would not have behaved as she did in church, but that her nervous being was a very sponge for morphia.
There and Back|George MacDonald