morphine

From French morphine, from Ancient Greek Morpheus the god of dreams.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɹfiːn/

morphine (countable and uncountable, plural morphines)

1. A crystalline alkaloid (7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-morphinan-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.

• See also Thesaurus:recreational drug

• morphinate

• codeine
• heroin

• IPA^(key): /mɔʁ.fin/

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morphine f (uncountable)

1. morphine

• “morphine” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).

• “morphine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).