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morphine

mor.phine \'mo.r-.fe-n\ \mo.r-'fe--nik, -'fin-ik\ n [F, fr. Morpheus] : a 
   bitter crystalline addictive narcotic base C17H19NO3  that is the principal 
   alkaloid of opium and is used as an analgesic and sedative - mor.phin.ic aj