morphine

[ mawr-feen ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. 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

1. 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

/ môr′fēn′ /

1. A highly addictive drug derived from opium and used to treat intractable pain, as in severe injury or metastatic cancer.

morphine

1. An addictive drug derived from opium that is used as an analgesic and sedative.

Other Words From

• mor·phin·ic [mawr-, fin, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of morphine¹

From the German word Morphin, dating back to 1820–30. See Morpheus, -ine ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of morphine¹

C19: from French, from Morpheus

Example Sentences

The typical acidity level of the average person’s body provides ideal conditions for morphine and fentanyl to become positively charged.

From Popular-Science

My colleagues and I have recently extended this framework to morphine.

From Popular-Science

I’m a physical chemist interested in this problem, and my research group used computational chemistry to investigate how opioids like morphine can be redesigned to target specific pain regions without affecting the brain.

From Popular-Science

The Medical Examiner’s Office reports a more than 200 percent year-over-year spike in accidental deaths from fentanyl, an opioid painkiller that is 100 times more powerful than morphine, across San Diego County.

From Voice of San Diego

Most resulted in small fines and brief suspension, though that one from 1977, for morphine, landed Baffert a one-year ban.

From Washington Post

All the junkies try to transfer to them, for the abundance of morphine.

From The Daily Beast

Strong pain medications such as morphine and ketamine did not help.

From The Daily Beast

The effects of the morphine “could take four hours, it could take 12 hours.”

From The Daily Beast

The Queen's bloodstock adviser indicated in a statement that this is the suspected source of the morphine.

From The Daily Beast

Once he got accustomed to his morphine dosages, his feelings of guilt kept him from falling asleep.

From The Daily Beast

As soon as it was light they sent Jim for Dr. Basset, and he gave her a strong dose of morphine.

From Project Gutenberg

The morphine is separated from the same solution by shaking out with warm chloroform.

From Project Gutenberg

His brother told the young medical student in charge what the doctor had said about the morphine.

From Project Gutenberg

The doctors were summoned, and it was only after repeated injections of morphine that the pain had been eased.

From Project Gutenberg

We grow tall, we De Willoughbys, we have black eyes, we drink and we make ourselves insane with morphine.

From Project Gutenberg

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