morphine
nounA bitter crystalline alkaloid, C17H19NO3·H2O, extracted from opium, the soluble salts of which are used in medicine as an analgesic, a light anesthetic, or a sedative.
nounAn alkaloid, C17H19N03, the most important narcotic principle of opium.
nounA bitter white crystalline alkaloid found in opium, possessing strong narcotic properties, and much used as an anodyne; — called also
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an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain
