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morphine

/ˈmɔɹˌfin/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables
mor-phine
IPA
/ˈmɔɹˌfin/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-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.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) Pre-Greekder.? Proto-Hellenic *-eús Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus French -in Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -am Old French -e French -e French -ine French morphinebor. German Morphinbor. English morphine Borrowed from French morphine or German Morphin, from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús, “the god and personification of dreams”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmɔɹˌfin/
  • British English: /ˈmɔː.fiːn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

morphines (plural) morphin (alternative, obsolete) morphina (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

amorphinism apomorphine benzylmorphine demorphinization demorphinize desomorphine diacetylmorphine dihydromorphine ethylmorphine hydromorphinol methyldihydromorphine methylmorphine

Frequently Paired Words

codeine heroin

Synonyms

morphia

Questions

How do you pronounce morphine?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɔɹˌfin/.
What does morphine mean?
A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-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.
Where does morphine come from?
It is traced to French.

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