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morphine
[ mawr-feen ]
noun
Pharmacology.
- a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 3 â‹…H 2 O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a pain reliever and sedative.
morphine
/ ˈmÉ”ËfiËn; ˈmÉ”Ëfɪə /
noun
- an alkaloid extracted from opium: used in medicine as an analgesic and sedative, although repeated use causes addiction. Formula: C 17 H 19 NO 3
morphine
/ ³¾Ã´°ù′´Úŧ²Ô′ /
- A highly addictive drug derived from opium and used to treat intractable pain, as in severe injury or metastatic cancer.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¾´Ç°ù·±è³ó¾±²Ô·¾±³¦ [mawr-, fin, -ik], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of morphine1
C19: from French, from Morpheus
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"When I woke up, I was so full of morphine," he remembers.
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When her dressings are changed the nurses have to give her morphine.
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The New Yorker was taken to a hospital where she received IV fluids and morphine and “the pain finally went away,†she said.
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Dr Paw receives an update from a nurse on her condition and orders some morphine.
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"I was admitted to hospital and the morphine barely touched the sides," she said.
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