morphine

mor·phine  (môrfn)

n.

A bitter crystalline alkaloid, C₁₇H₁₉NO₃·H₂O, extracted from opium, the soluble salts of which are used in medicine as an analgesic, a light anesthetic, or a sedative. Also called morphia.

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[French, from Morphée, Morpheus, from Latin Morpheus.]

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morphine or morphia

Noun

a drug extracted from opium: used in medicine as an anaesthetic and sedative [Morpheus, in Greek mythology, the god of sleep & dreams]

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morphine  (môrfn)

A highly addictive drug derived from opium and used to treat intractable pain, as in severe injury or metastatic cancer.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

morphine - an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain morphia analgesic, anodyne, pain pill, painkiller - a medicine used to relieve pain apomorphine - a morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine; used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative opiate - a narcotic drug that contains opium or an opium derivative

Translations

morphine [ˈmɔːfiːn] n → morfina

morphine [ˈmɔːfiːn] n → morphine f

morphine [ˈmɔːfiːn] n → Morphium nt

morphine [ˈmɔːfiːn] n → morfina