morphine

noun
🔊/ˈmɔːfiːn/
🔊/ˈmɔːrfiːn/
(also old-fashioned morphia
🔊/ˈmɔːfiə/
🔊/ˈmɔːrfiə/
)
[uncountable]
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  1. a powerful drug that is made from opium and used to reduce pain吗啡
    • Cancer patients are often prescribed increasing doses of morphine.经常向癌症患者开处方增加吗啡剂量。
    Topics Social issuesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMorphine is used before these nouns:
    • drip
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    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from German Morphin, from the name of the Roman god Morpheus. Morpheus is the god of dreams, and in later writings, also the god of sleep.