morphine
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French morphine or German Morphin, from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús, “the god and personification of dreams”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.fiːn/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹˌfin/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmoː.fiːn/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun edit
morphine (countable and uncountable, plural morphines)
- (biochemistry, pharmacology) 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 edit
- morphia
- See also Thesaurus:recreational drug
Derived terms edit
- amorphinism
- apomorphine
- benzylmorphine
- demorphinization
- demorphinize
- desomorphine
- diacetylmorphine
- dihydromorphine
- ethylmorphine
- hydromorphinol
- methyldihydromorphine
- methylmorphine
- morphinate
- morphined
- morphinelike
- morphinergic
- morphinic
- morphinism
- morphinist
- morphinization
- morphinize
- morphinomane
- morphinomania
- morphinomaniac
- morphinomimetic
- morphinone
- neomorphine
- nicomorphine
- normorphine
- paramorphine
- pseudomorphine
Translations edit
crystalline alkaloid
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See also edit
References edit
- “morphine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “morphine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
French edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús) + -ine.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
morphine f (uncountable)
References edit
- “morphine” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
Further reading edit
- “morphine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.