morphine
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈmɔrfiːn/
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morfina
- Current drugs that treat pain like Tylenol and morphine don't work that well for people with chronic or severe pain.
- a dose of morphine
- morphine addiction
- mg of morphine
No, no, I think it was, I think it was morphine or maybe Ativan.
- No, no, I think it was, I think it was morphine or maybe Ativan.
- Cocaine, morphine, alcohol and red flannel.
- It's many, many times more potent than opium or morphine.
- This doctor ran out of morphine and he's treating these these people that are badly injured.
- But I love that, you know, the three things that are important to me are tourniquets, morphine and medical shears.
- No drugs apart from weed, but I see weed as medicinal and morphine that is medical.
- People who anticipate an injection of morphine immediately report the feeling of loss of pain.
- But on the third night between morphine shots and blood transfusion, he asked me in a lucid interval.
- He gave us shots of morphine and kept the shots and and took care of us really well.
- And so I was sitting there with my arm dislocated, sticking out of my chest for hours, and they gave me morphine.
- And we looked at the impact on the level of the opioid, the morphine or the oxycodone in their bloodstream and the impact on their pain.
- During World War One, there were soldiers who had lost their limbs in excruciating pain and they would give these soldiers morphine.
- But you know, when I got in trouble and I was in Rikers Ale on Rikers Island, New York City gaol, I had overdosed on heroin and morphine.
Examples
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The morphine will make sure you're not in any pain.
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Apparently, he was addicted to morphine, tried to kick it, and got re-addicted to methadone.
Fiction book (1994) -
We're only really happy in our dreams, see, and morphine makes the whole world into a living dream.
Fiction book (1994) -
People who anticipate an injection of morphine immediately report the feeling of loss of pain.
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Monica, call down to the pharmacy for more morphine, could you?
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Brian noted Jack's immediate improvement with a bit of IV morphine and some oxygen.
Fiction book (1999) -
First, as I lay drugged on morphine, frightened and trapped in a paralyzed body.
Fiction book (1993) -
I think it’s time to turn down the morphine drip.
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The doctor prescribed morphine to help the patient manage his severe pain after surgery.
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After the accident, the paramedics administered morphine to alleviate her agonizing injuries.
Synonyms
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1.9
A medicine or chemical that treats illness and sometimes changes how someone feels
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6.6
A strong drug used for severe pain that can make a person numb and cause addiction
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2.6
Medicine you take to reduce pain
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5.1
A drug that eases pain by acting on the body's pain system and can cause addiction
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7.2
A drug from opium used to relieve pain and make someone sleep
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9.9
A strong painkiller made from opium that eases severe pain and often makes people addicted
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Etymology
Morphine comes from the Greek name Morpheus, the god of 'dreams', because the drug can make people sleepy or dream-like. The ending -ine is common in chemical and drug names, so morphine can be remembered as a 'dream-like' medicine that helps calm very strong pain.