morphine
/ˈmɔː.fiːn//ˈmɔɹˌfin/
morphine noun: 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.
Noun
morphine (countable and uncountable, plural morphines)
morphine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
morphine in Hindi
- morphine
- मार्फ़िया mārfiyā
morphine in Tamil
- மோபீன், அபின் மயக்கமருந்து, ஓபியம் வகை மயக்க மருந்து, மார்ஃபின், மார்பின்
morphine in Bengali
- মরফিন
morphine in Kannada
- ನಿದ್ರೌಷಧ, ಅಫೀಮು, ಮಾರ್ಫಿನ್, ಮಾರ್ಫಿಯಾ
More languagesFewer languages
- morphine in Arabic
- مُورْفِين murfīn
- morphine in Malay
- morfina
- morphine in Indonesian
- morfina
- morphine in Thai
- มอร์ฟีน
- morphine in Vietnamese
- mocfin
Examples of morphine in a sentence
- It's a proven fact that morphine is a more effective painkiller than acetaminophen is.
- The doctors gave me morphine for the pain.
- In most jurisdictions, morphine is classified as an ethical drug.
Synonyms of morphine
Forms of morphine
| plural | morphines |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | morphin |
| alternative form (obsolete) | morphina |
Origin of morphine
Borrowed from French morphine or German Morphin, from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús, “the god and personification of dreams”).
Words formed from morphine
- amorphinism
- apomorphine
- benzylmorphine
- demorphinization
- demorphinize
- desomorphine
- diacetylmorphine
- dihydromorphine
- ethylmorphine
- hydromorphinol
- methyldihydromorphine
- methylmorphine
- morphide
- morphinate
- morphined
- morphinelike
- morphinergic
- morphinic
- morphinism
- morphinist
- morphinization
- morphinize
- morphinomane
- morphinomania
- morphinomaniac
- morphinomimetic
- morphinone
- neomorphine
- nicomorphine
- normorphine
- paramorphine
- pseudomorphine
Phrases with morphine
Questions about morphine
- What does morphine mean?
- Morphine means 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.
- What is morphine in Hindi?
- Morphine in Hindi is मार्फ़िया (mārfiyā). See Morphine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is morphine?
- Morphine is a noun.
- How do you pronounce morphine?
- Morphine is pronounced /ˈmɔː.fiːn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of morphine?
- The plural of morphine is morphines.
Words near morphine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: morphine (page history and authors); मार्फ़िया (Hindi) (page history and authors); morphine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); morphine (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); morphine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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