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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Synonym of morphine. countable, dated, uncountable

   "The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly."

2. 2
   an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

morphinealcoholanalgesicanestheticanodynebarb

Example

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"The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly."

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