Hypertext Webster Gateway: "morphina"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
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