Definition for MOR'PHI-NA, or MOR'PHI-A

MOR'PHI-NA, or MOR'PHI-A, n. [or MOR'PHINE; Gr. μορφεὺς, the god of sleep.]

A vegetable alkaloid, extracted from opium, of which it constitutes one of the narcotic principles. Bigelow. Ure.

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