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1. morphine
   [n] - an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium
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2. Morphine
   Opioid derivative, administered as a pain suppressant and relaxant. Morphine is a powerful opiate analgesic drug and is the principal active agent in opium. Like other opiates, morphine acts directly on the central nervous system (CNS) to relieve pain, and at synapses of the arcuate nucleus, in part...
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3. Morphine
   Strong opiate drug.
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4. Morphine
   Morphine: A powerful narcotic agent with strong analgesic (painkilling) action and other significant effects on the central nervous system. It is dangerously addicting. Morphine is a naturally occurring member of a large chemical class of compounds called alkaloids. Morphine is highly effective in r...
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5. morphine
   The principal alkaloid of opium and of poppy straw Category: General
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6. morphine
   An opioid alkaloid, isolated from opium, with a complex ring structure. It is a powerful analgesic with important medical uses, but is highly addictive. Functions by occupying the receptor sites for the natural neurotransmitter peptides, endorphins and enkephalins, but is stable to the peptidases that inactivate these compounds.
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7. Morphine
   Mor'phine noun [ From Morpheus: confer French morphine .] (Chemistry) A bitter white crystalline alkaloid found in opium, possessing strong narcotic properties, and much used as an anodyne; -- called also morphia , and morphina .
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8. morphine
   <drug> An opioid alkaloid, isolated from opium, with a complex ring structure. It is a powerful analgesic with important medical uses, but is highly addictive. Functions by occupying the receptor sites for the natural neurotransmitter peptides, endorphins and enkephalins, but is stable to the ...
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9. morphine
   morphia noun an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain
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10. morphine
    (mor´fēn) the principal and most active opium alkaloid, an opioid analgesic and respiratory depressant, usually used as the sulfate salt and administered orally, parenterally, or rectally. It is used as an analgesic for relief of severe pain, antitussive, adjunct to anesthesia, and adjunct to treatment of pulmonary...
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11. Morphine
    • (n.) A bitter white crystalline alkaloid found in opium, possessing strong narcotic properties, and much used as an anodyne; -- called also morphia, and morphina.
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12. morphine
    narcotic analgesic drug used in medicine in the form of its hydrochloride, sulfate, acetate, and tartrate salts. Morphine was isolated from opium by ... [11 related articles]
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13. morphine
    morphine, principal derivative of opium, which is the juice in the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. It was first isolated from opium in 1803 by the German pharmacist F. W. A. Sertürner, who named it after Morpheus, the god of dreams. Given intravenously, it is still cons...
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14. Morphine
    Morphine (formerly called morphia) is an opium alkaloid used to treat severe pain. Small doses first excite the mental faculties and then produce sleep. Excessive doses lead to coma and respiration failure.
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15. morphine
    Type: Term Pronunciation: mōr′fēn, mōr-fēn′ Definitions: 1. The major phenanthrene alkaloid of opium; it produces a combination of depression and excitation in the central nervous system and some peripheral tissues; predominance of either central stimulation or depres...
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16. morphine
    Narcotic alkaloid, C₁₇H₁₉NO₃, derived from opium and prescribed only to alleviate severe pain. Its use produces serious side effects, including nausea, constipation, tolerance, and addiction, but it is highly valued for the relief of the terminally ill. The risk of addiction arisi...
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17. Morphine
    `Morphine` (n-->; `MS Contin`, `MSIR`, `Avinza`, `Kadian`, `Oramorph`, `Roxanol`, `Kapanol`) is a Potency (pharmacology)|potent opiate analgesic medication and is considered to be the prototypical opioid. It was first isolated in 1804 by Friedrich Sertürner, first distributed by same in 1817, and...
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18. Morphine
    (band) `Morphine` was an American alternative rock group formed by Mark Sandman and Dana Colley in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1989. They disbanded in 1999 after frontman Sandman died of a heart attack. Morphine combined blues and jazz elements with more traditional rock arrangements, giving...
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19. Morphine
    (film) `Morphine` is a 2008 Russian film by Aleksei Balabanov. The film is based on semi-autobiographical short stories by Mikhail Bulgakov. Plot: The film takes place in the early 20th century. A young Russian doctor called Mikhail Polyakov (Leonid Bichevin) arrives at a small hospital in a ...
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