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morphia

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[mawr-fee-uh] / ˈmɔr fi ə /

noun

  1. Pharmacology. an uncommon variant of morphine.


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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

The next best plan is to administer morphia.

From The Domestic Cat by Stables, Gordon

And to some extent I am inclined to confirm Mr. Hunter's opinion, that, where atropia does stop neuralgia, it does so more permanently than morphia.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.

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