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A powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain
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morphia
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain [syn: morphine ]
Wikipedia
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Morphia was a Dutch symphonic death/doom metal band formed in 1995. Having performed concerts with groups such as After Forever , Epica , Autumn , Orphanage and Imperia , Morphia has established themselves as one of the more prominent symphonic doom metal ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Here they filled me with morphia , gave me ether, and put my arm in a rough splint. ▪ My wife was on morphia for four months. ▪ She drew a dose of morphia into a syringe. ▪ The tearing pain returned and the doctor prescribed ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. morphine
Usage examples of morphia.
Sister says when he comes will you ask him for some morphia for the two hernias and the appendix that were done to-day, and to say can he give you something for the asthma in number seven.
Sister had left out four quarter-grain tablets of morphia on a tray in the little bunk.
Sister handed out morphia and sleeping powders from the poison cupboard.
Latter dies of an overdose of morphia administered in her after-dinner coffee.
She could have put morphia into either of the cups, but she had no means of knowing which one Mrs.
Latter was putting into her cup, it was the morphia powdered up to look like sugar.
Street could have put the morphia into one of the cups and shifted the other to the table by Mr.
He was considering morphia in connection with Miss Mercer and a village dispensary.
Latter who was poisoned, which makes nonsense, or else it was someone who was right here in this room and was able to see that there were no mistakes, and that the cup with the morphia in it got to the person it was meant for.
Latter with the morphia bottle in his hand, and I heard Miss Mercer tell him the stuff was dangerous.
Latter does not sound at all the sort of person who would be likely to commit suicide, and I agree that if she had been going to do so she would have been much more likely to take the morphia after she had gone to bed.
You have a serious breach with your wife, and within forty-eight hours she dies of morphia poisoning.
And now you tell me the police have got a witness to the fact that you and Minnie were handling a bottle of morphia on Tuesday night.
He took up the morphia bottle, and I took it away from him at once and said it was dangerous.
And we would like to say that we are quite satisfied that she took all proper precautions about keeping the morphia locked up, and that she is in no way to blame.