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morphine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɔː.fiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˈmɔɹˌfin/ (General-American)
• /ˈmoː.fiːn/ (Australia)

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) Pre-Greekder.? Proto-Hellenic *-eús Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus French -in Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e French -e French -ine French morphinebor. German Morphinbor. English morphine Borrowed from French morphine or German Morphin, from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús, “the god and personification of dreams”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-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.

Forms

Deriveds

neomorphine · morphinergic · morphinist · methyldihydromorphine · benzylmorphine · methylmorphine · morphinism · morphinization · morphinic · morphinomimetic · morphinate · morphide · demorphinization · apomorphine · diacetylmorphine · pseudomorphine · dihydromorphine · normorphine · morphinomaniac · hydromorphinol · desomorphine · nicomorphine · morphined · morphinelike · morphinone · amorphinism · demorphinize · morphinomania · ethylmorphine · morphinomane · morphinize · paramorphine

Relateds

heroin · codeine

Synonyms

morphia

Translations (46)

pl morfina (crystalline alkaloid) · et morfiin (crystalline alkaloid) · fo morfin (crystalline alkaloid) · cs morfium (crystalline alkaloid) · th มอร์ฟีน (crystalline alkaloid) · tr morfin (crystalline alkaloid) · km ម័រហ្វីន (crystalline alkaloid) · nn morfin (crystalline alkaloid) · eo morfino (crystalline alkaloid) · ca morfina (crystalline alkaloid) · ja モルフィン (crystalline alkaloid) · ja モヒ (crystalline alkaloid) · sv morfin (crystalline alkaloid) · de Morphin (crystalline alkaloid) · nb morfin (crystalline alkaloid) · gl morfina (crystalline alkaloid) · kk морфин (crystalline alkaloid) · oc morfina (crystalline alkaloid) · hak 嗎啡 /吗啡 (crystalline alkaloid) · ko 모르핀 (crystalline alkaloid) · es morfina (crystalline alkaloid) · it morfina (crystalline alkaloid) · hu morfin (crystalline alkaloid) · fi morfiini (crystalline alkaloid) · cdo 吗啡 (crystalline alkaloid) · gan 嗎啡 /吗啡 (crystalline alkaloid) · cs morfin (crystalline alkaloid) · fr morphine (crystalline alkaloid) · id morfina (crystalline alkaloid) · ms morfina (crystalline alkaloid) · cmn 嗎啡 /吗啡 (crystalline alkaloid) · ja モルヒネ (crystalline alkaloid) · ru мо́рфий (crystalline alkaloid) · io morfino (crystalline alkaloid) · ast morfina (crystalline alkaloid) · is morfín (crystalline alkaloid) · pt morfina (crystalline alkaloid) · bg морфин (crystalline alkaloid) · da morfin (crystalline alkaloid) · vi mocfin (crystalline alkaloid) · ro morfină (crystalline alkaloid) · cdo 嗎啡 /吗啡 (crystalline alkaloid) · eu morfina (crystalline alkaloid) · ar مُورْفِين (crystalline alkaloid) · yue 嗎啡 /吗啡 (crystalline alkaloid) · de Morphium (crystalline alkaloid)