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morphinans

morphinans is the plural of morphinan.

Meaning of morphinan

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.

Questions about morphinans

What is morphinans the plural of?
Morphinans is the plural of morphinan.

Words near morphinans in the dictionary

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

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