morphine alkaloid
morphine alkaloid · morphine alkaloids
A group of about twenty closely related compounds obtained from the dried latex that…A group of about twenty closely related compounds obtained from the dried latex that exudes from the seed capsule of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum.
» Morphine, an alkaloid found in opium, has powerful analgesic properties.
Meaning
1 sensesA group of about twenty closely related compounds obtained from the dried latex that exudes from the seed capsule of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum.
Examples
1 sentencesMorphine, an alkaloid found in opium, has powerful analgesic properties.
Forms
plural: morphine alkaloids| Singular | morphine alkaloid |
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