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[syn: morphine, morphia]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Morphia \Mor"phi*a\, n. [NL.] (Chem.)
Morphine.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Morphine \Mor"phine\, n. [From Morpheus: cf. F. morphine.]
(Chem.)
A bitter white crystalline alkaloid found in opium,
possessing strong narcotic properties, and much used as an
anodyne; -- called also morphia, and morphina.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
morphia
n 1: an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful,
habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain [syn:
morphine, morphia]