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morphine
[mawr-feen]
noun
a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 ⋅H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
morphine
/ ˈmɔːfiːn, ˈmɔːfɪə /
noun
an alkaloid extracted from opium: used in medicine as an analgesic and sedative, although repeated use causes addiction. Formula: C 17 H 19 NO 3
morphine
A highly addictive drug derived from opium and used to treat intractable pain, as in severe injury or metastatic cancer.
Other Word Forms
- morphinic adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of morphine1
Example Sentences
The court was told that he injected patients with large doses of morphine and midazolam, a muscle relaxant, in an effort to reduce his workload during night shifts.
"I had strange recollections when I was in and out of hospital because I was on morphine," he told Classic Pop.
Consultants eventually referred the grandfather for palliative care, firstly at home - where he was prescribed heavy dosages of morphine by the local health centre - and then at Borders General Hospital from 15 May 2023.
Over the next few months she says she became reliant on prescription painkillers: "I was on fentanyl and morphine. It took me a long time to come off of the morphine because I was addicted."
“Fentanyl is too dangerous a threat — 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine — to not treat its lethality with the seriousness and immediacy it requires,” Hochman said.
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