pseudomorphine

pseudomorphine noun: an inactive natural dimerization product of the morphine molecule in tandem, and thus a common impurity in morphine concentrations.

Noun (1)

pseudomorphine (uncountable)

An inactive natural dimerization product of the morphine molecule in tandem, and thus a common impurity in morphine concentrations.

Synonyms:

oxydimorphine, dehydromorphine

Noun (2)

pseudomorphine (plural pseudomorphines)

Any ground beetle of the tribe Pseudomorphini, within the family Carabidae.
- Relationships of pseudomorphines to other harpaline tribes are unsettled as stated by Deuve (1993: 98).2012, Yves Bousquet, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, North of Mexico, page 66
- Known only from trap samples, nothing is known about their habits, although researchers suspect that they may be associated with ants or termites, like other pseudomorphines.2023, Arthur V. Evans, The Lives of Beetles: A Natural History of Coleoptera, page 146

Synonyms of pseudomorphine

Forms of pseudomorphine

plural	pseudomorphines

Origin of pseudomorphine

From pseudo- + morphine.

Questions about pseudomorphine

What does pseudomorphine mean?: Pseudomorphine means an inactive natural dimerization product of the morphine molecule in tandem, and thus a common impurity in morphine concentrations.
What part of speech is pseudomorphine?: Pseudomorphine is a noun.
What is the plural of pseudomorphine?: The plural of pseudomorphine is pseudomorphines.

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