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demorphinize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-mor-phinize
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To gradually reduce the dose of morphine to a person who is addicted to it.

Transitive verb

Etymology

From de- + morphine + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

demorphinizes (present, singular) demorphinizing (participle, present) demorphinized (participle, past) demorphinized (past)

Questions

What does demorphinize mean?
To gradually reduce the dose of morphine to a person who is addicted to it.
Where does demorphinize come from?
From de- + morphine + -ize.

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