morphia

American  

[mawr-fee-uh] / ˈmɔr fi ə /

noun

1. Pharmacology. an uncommon variant of morphine.

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Example Sentences

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 Literature

But even morphia could not fully dull the horror of this event.

From Literature

After observing his patients injecting themselves with morphine every day, he wondered: “Does morphia tend to encourage the very pain that it pretends to relieve?”

From Scientific American

On the whole, Von Ziemssen is within the bounds of truth when he says, "Beyond all doubt morphia may be considered the most indispensable medicine in the treatment of epidemic meningitis."

From Project Gutenberg

She had tried several physicians, among them an allopath, who gave hypodermic injections of morphia, without relief.

From Project Gutenberg