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morphinan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mor-phi-nan
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The base chemical structure of a large class of psychoactive drugs, consisting of opioid analgesics, antitussives, and dissociative hallucinogens, among others.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From morphine + -an.

Usage

Inflected Forms

morphinans (plural)

Derived Forms

dimemorfan levophenacylmorphan phenomorphan

Questions

What does morphinan mean?
The base chemical structure of a large class of psychoactive drugs, consisting of opioid analgesics, antitussives, and dissociative hallucinogens, among others.
Where does morphinan come from?
From morphine + -an.

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