morphine

• morphin, morphina (obsolete)

Borrowed from French morphine or German Morphin, from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús, “the god and personification of dreams”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.fiːn/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɹˌfin/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.fiːn/

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morphine (countable and uncountable, plural morphines)

1. (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.

• morphia
• See also Thesaurus:recreational drug

• codeine
• heroin

• “morphine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “morphine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

From Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús) +‎ -ine.

• IPA^(key): /mɔʁ.fin/

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morphine f (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry, pharmacology) morphine

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

• “morphine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.