Meanings
pseudomorphine1
- uncountablechemistryAn inactive natural dimerization product of the morphine molecule in tandem, and thus a common impurity in morphine concentrations.
Synonyms: oxydimorphine, dehydromorphine
pseudomorphine2
plural pseudomorphines
- biologyAny ground beetle of the tribe Pseudomorphini, within the family Carabidae.
Relationships of pseudomorphines to other harpaline tribes are unsettled as stated by Deuve (1993: 98).
2012, Yves Bousquet, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, North of Mexico, page 661 more example
Known only from trap samples, nothing is known about their habits, although researchers suspect that they may be associated with ants or termites, like other pseudomorphines.
2023, Arthur V. Evans, The Lives of Beetles: A Natural History of Coleoptera, page 146
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn inactive natural dimerization product of the morphine molecule in tandem, and thus a common impurity in morphine concentrations.
Origin
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