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MORPHINE

\mˈɔːfiːn], \mˈɔːfiːn], \m_ˈɔː_f_iː_n]\

Definitions of MORPHINE

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.

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The principal alkaloid in opium and the prototype opiate analgesic and narcotic. Morphine has widespread effects in the central nervous system and on smooth muscle.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A substance found in opium which has the power to deaden feeling and produce sleep. Also, morphin, morphia.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Alkaloid of opium, valuable for its narcotic properties.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

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