Morphine: The principal alkaloid in opium and the prototype opiate analgesic and narcotic. Morphine has widespread effects in the central nervous system and on smooth muscle.

Synonym: ms contin, morphine chloride, duramorph, sdz 202250, pentahydrate morphine sulfate (2:1), oramorph sr, morphine sulfate, morphia, anhydrous morphine sulfate (2:1).

Terms Related to Morphine

• Opium

  The air-dried exudate from the unripe seed capsule of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, or its variant, P. album. It contains a number of alkaloids, ...

• Meperidine

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• Opioids

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• Hydromorphone Hydrochloride

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• Papaveretum

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• Laudacon

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