- morphinic
- mor·phin·ic
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morphinic
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morphinic — adj. of or pertaining to morphine (sedative drug, addictive pain reliever) … English contemporary dictionary
morphinic — adjective see morphine … Useful english dictionary
morphine — morphinic /mawr fin ik/, adj. /mawr feen/, n. Pharm. a white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C17H19NO3·H2O, the most important narcotic and addictive principle of opium, obtained by extraction and crystallization and used chiefly in medicine as a… … Universalium
Morphine — A venerable drug that is a naturally occurring member of a large chemical class of compounds called alkaloids. The name morphine was coined in 1805 by a German apothecary Adolf Serturner (1783 1841) to designate the main alkaloid in opium. Opium … Medical dictionary
morphine — [môr′fē əmôr′fēn΄] n. [Ger morphin or Fr morphine < ModL morphium, so named (1811) by F. W. A. Sertürner (1783 1841), Ger pharmacist < L Morpheus: see MORPHEUS] a bitter, white or colorless, crystalline narcotic alkaloid, C17H19NO3·H2O,… … English World dictionary
