'Morphine' definitions:
noun
An alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain [syn: morphine,
morphia]
- 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.
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