morphia
morphia noun: synonym of morphine.
Noun
morphia (countable and uncountable, plural morphias)
- Synonym of morphine.
- The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly.1920 November 9, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XXIV, in Women in Love, New York, N.Y.: Privately printed [by Thomas Seltzer] for subscribers only, →OCLC
- “Die? Yes, they’ll all die—all these men. No bandages, no salves, no quinine, no chloroform. Oh, God, for some morphia! Just a little morphia for the worst ones. Just a little chloroform. God damn the Yankees! God damn the Yankees!”1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published June 1944, →OCLC, part IV, page 363
- Synonyms:
- morphine
morphia meaning in Tamil and Kannada
morphia in Tamil
- நோவாற்று மருந்து, அபினிசம், அபினிமருந்து சத்து
morphia in Kannada
- ನಿದ್ರೌಷಧ, ಅಫೀಮು, ಮಾರ್ಫಿನ್, ಮಾರ್ಫಿಯಾ
Synonyms of morphia
Forms of morphia
| plural | morphias |
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Questions about morphia
- What does morphia mean?
- Morphia means synonym of morphine.
- What is morphia in Tamil?
- Morphia in Tamil is நோவாற்று மருந்து, அபினிசம், அபினிமருந்து சத்து. See Morphia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is morphia?
- Morphia is a noun.
- What is the plural of morphia?
- The plural of morphia is morphias.
Words near morphia in the dictionary
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