morphia
Noun
Synonym of morphine.
Usage- Countable
- Dated
- Uncountable
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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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“Die? Yes, they’ll all die—all these men. No bandages, no salves, no quinine, no chloroform. Oh, God, for some morphia! Just a little morphia for the worst ones. Just a little chloroform. God damn the Yankees! God damn the Yankees!”
Noun
an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain
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Word forms
morphias