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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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