morphia
Americannoun
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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
But even morphia could not fully dull the horror of this event.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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
As the days went by, and still Anne Harding had not found any morphia or hypodermic syringe in Cecil's possession, Sophy began to grow more hopeful.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie
The acetates of potassium, sodium, and ammonium, of iron, zinc, and lead, and the acetate of morphia, are employed in medicine.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
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