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morphine


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Morphine  \Mor"phine\,  n.  [From  Morpheus:  cf  F.  morphine.] 
  (Chem.) 
  A  bitter  white  crystalline  alkaloid  found  in  opium, 
  possessing  strong  narcotic  properties,  and  much  used  as  an 
  anodyne;  --  called  also  {morphia},  and  {morphina}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  morphine 
  n  :  an  alkaloid  extracted  from  opium;  a  powerful,  habit-forming 
  narcotic  used  to  relieve  pain  [syn:  {morphia}] 




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