pseudomorphine
Noun
An inactive natural dimerization product of the morphine molecule in tandem, and thus a common impurity in morphine concentrations.
Usage- Uncountable
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Noun
Any ground beetle of the tribe Pseudomorphini, within the family Carabidae.
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Relationships of pseudomorphines to other harpaline tribes are unsettled as stated by Deuve (1993: 98).
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Known only from trap samples, nothing is known about their habits, although researchers suspect that they may be associated with ants or termites, like other pseudomorphines.
Word forms
pseudomorphines