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Webster 1913 Edition

Morphine

Mor′phine

,

Noun.

[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

.

Definition 2024

morphine

morphine

English

Noun

morphine ‎(uncountable)

A crystalline alkaloid (7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-morphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:recreational drug

See also

Translations

crystalline alkaloid

Arabic: مُورْفِين m ‎(murfīn)
Asturian: morfina f
Basque: morfina
Catalan: morfina f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 嗎啡 (zh), 吗啡 (zh) ‎(mǎfēi)
Czech: morfin m, morfium n
Esperanto: morfino
Estonian: morfiin
Faroese: morfin n
Finnish: morfiini (fi)
French: morphine (fr) f
Galician: morfina f
German: Morphin (de) n, Morphium (de) n
Hungarian: morfin (hu)
Icelandic: morfín (is) n

Ido: morfino (io)
Indonesian: morfina
Italian: morfina (it) f
Japanese: モルヒネ ‎(moruhine)
Korean: 모르핀 ‎(moreupin)
Malay: morfina
Norwegian:

Bokmål: morfin m, n

Nynorsk: morfin m, n
Occitan: morfina f
Polish: morfina (pl) f
Portuguese: morfina f
Russian: мо́рфий (ru) m ‎(mórfij)
Spanish: morfina (es) f
Swedish: morfin (sv)
Thai: มอร์ฟีน
Turkish: morfin (tr)
Vietnamese: mocfin

French

Pronunciation

Noun

morphine f ‎(uncountable)

morphine

References

“morphine” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).