(biochemistry, pharmacology) A crystalline alkaloid (7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-morphinan-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.

plural of morphine

Under the effects of the drug morphine.

Morphine addiction. / Disease caused by excessive usage of morphine.

simple past tense and past participle of morphinize

(transitive) To treat with morphine.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of morphinize

Treatment with morphine.

present participle of morphinize

(organic chemistry) Any salt of morphine