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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An inactive natural dimerization product of the morphine molecule in tandem, and thus a common impurity in morphine concentrations. uncountable
2. 2
   Any ground beetle of the tribe Pseudomorphini, within the family Carabidae.

   "Relationships of pseudomorphines to other harpaline tribes are unsettled as stated by Deuve (1993: 98)."

Synonyms

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dehydromorphineoxydimorphine

Example

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"Relationships of pseudomorphines to other harpaline tribes are unsettled as stated by Deuve (1993: 98)."

Etymology

From pseudo- + morphine.

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