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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.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A substance found in opium which has the power to deaden feeling and produce sleep. Also, morphin, morphia.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Morphina.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Alkaloid of opium, valuable for its narcotic properties.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A vegetable alkaloid extracted from opium, of which it constitutes the narcotic principle.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A peculiar alkaloid, the narcotic principle of opium.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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