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nounA crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-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.
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nounan alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain
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Origin
- Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)
- Ancient GreekΜορφεύς (Morpheús)
- Frenchmorphine
- GermanMorphin
- Englishmorphine
Borrowed from French morphine or German Morphin, from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús, “the god and personification of dreams”).
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Arabic مُورْفِين
- مُورْفِين (murfīn)crystalline alkaloid
Basque morfina
- morfinacrystalline alkaloid
Bulgarian морфин
- морфин (morfin)crystalline alkaloid
Catalan morfina
- morfinacrystalline alkaloid
Chinese Cantonese 嗎啡 /吗啡
- 嗎啡 /吗啡 (maa¹ fe¹)crystalline alkaloid
Chinese Mandarin 嗎啡 /吗啡
- 嗎啡 /吗啡 (mǎfēi)crystalline alkaloid
Czech morfin, morfium
- morfincrystalline alkaloid
- morfiumcrystalline alkaloid
Danish morfin
- morfincrystalline alkaloid
Esperanto morfino
- morfinocrystalline alkaloid
Estonian morfiin
- morfiincrystalline alkaloid
Finnish morfiini
- morfiinicrystalline alkaloid
French morphine
- morphinecrystalline alkaloid
German Morphin, Morphium
- Morphincrystalline alkaloid
- Morphiumcrystalline alkaloid
Hungarian morfin
- morfincrystalline alkaloid
Icelandic morfín
- morfíncrystalline alkaloid
Indonesian morfina
- morfinacrystalline alkaloid
Italian morfina
- morfinacrystalline alkaloid
Japanese モルヒネ, モルフィン
- モルヒネ (moruhine)crystalline alkaloid
- モルフィン (morufin)crystalline alkaloid
- モヒ (mohi)crystalline alkaloid
Korean 모르핀
- 모르핀 (moreupin)crystalline alkaloid
Malay morfina
- morfinacrystalline alkaloid
Norwegian Bokmål morfin
- morfincrystalline alkaloid
Polish morfina
- morfinacrystalline alkaloid
Portuguese morfina
- morfinacrystalline alkaloid
Romanian morfină
- morfinăcrystalline alkaloid
Russian мо́рфий
- мо́рфий (mórfij)crystalline alkaloid
Spanish morfina
- morfinacrystalline alkaloid
Swedish morfin
- morfincrystalline alkaloid
Thai มอร์ฟีน
- มอร์ฟีนcrystalline alkaloid
Turkish morfin
- morfincrystalline alkaloid
Vietnamese mocfin
- mocfincrystalline alkaloid
Cite this entry
morphine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morphine
“morphine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morphine. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “morphine,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/morphine.
Source: morphine on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.