Morphia

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Morphia \Mor"phi*a\, n. [NL.] (Chem.)
     Morphine.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Morphine \Mor"phine\, n. [From Morpheus: cf. F. morphine.]
     (Chem.)
     A bitter white crystalline alkaloid found in opium,
     possessing strong narcotic properties, and much used as an
     anodyne; -- called also {morphia}, and {morphina}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  morphia
       n : an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful,
           habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain [syn: {morphine}]