MORPHINE
\mˈɔːfiːn], \mˈɔːfiːn], \m_ˈɔː_f_iː_n]\
Definitions of MORPHINE
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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The principal alkaloid in opium and the prototype opiate analgesic and narcotic. Morphine has widespread effects in the central nervous system and on smooth muscle.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A substance found in opium which has the power to deaden feeling and produce sleep. Also, morphin, morphia.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Morphina.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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