morphine
A crystalline alkaloid, extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water…A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-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.
» The doctor gave Tom morphine.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-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.
Morphin, Morphium
мо́рфийmórfij
an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain
Examples
14 sentencesThe doctor gave Tom morphine.
Did you give Tom morphine?
Dr. Jackson gave me morphine.
The doctor gave Tom some morphine.
She was kept under with morphine injections.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French morphine or German Morphin, from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús, “thBorrowed from French morphine or German Morphin, from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús, “the god and personification of dreams”).
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Forms
plural: morphinesSynonyms
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