morphine
IPA: mˈɔrfin
noun
- (biochemistry, pharmacology) A crystalline alkaloid (7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-morphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.
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Examples of "morphine" in Sentences
- Supplementary data for morphine.
- Access to morphine in poor countries.
- Morphine is notable, and a great song.
- Examples include endorphin and morphine.
- Fentanyl or morphine are usually chosen.
- Morphine and methadone are not permitted.
- Cocaine, morphine, and aspirin are drugs.
- Back in the states, the morphine became heroin.
- Amiphenazole and morphine in production of analgesia.
- He helped Frankie graduate from morphine to a broader panoply of drugs.
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