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morphinan

morphinan noun: the base chemical structure of a large class of psychoactive drugs, consisting of opioid analgesics, antitussives, and dissociative hallucinogens, among others.

Noun

morphinan (countable and uncountable, plural morphinans)

  1. The base chemical structure of a large class of psychoactive drugs, consisting of opioid analgesics, antitussives, and dissociative hallucinogens, among others.

Forms of morphinan

pluralmorphinans

Origin of morphinan

From morphine + -an.

Words formed from morphinan

Questions about morphinan

What does morphinan mean?
Morphinan means the base chemical structure of a large class of psychoactive drugs, consisting of opioid analgesics, antitussives, and dissociative hallucinogens, among others.
What part of speech is morphinan?
Morphinan is a noun.
What is the plural of morphinan?
The plural of morphinan is morphinans.

Words near morphinan in the dictionary

  1. morphide
  2. morphides
  3. Morphie
  4. morphin
  5. morphina
  6. morphinan
  7. morphinans
  8. morphinate
  9. morphinates
  10. morphine
  11. morphine alkaloid

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