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feminine

/moɾˈfina/

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Translation

morphine

Word origin

Named in the early nineteenth century after Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams and sleep, by the German chemist Friedrich Sertürner who first isolated it.

Origin
Greek
Root
Morpheus
English cognates
morphine

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralmorfinas

Examples

administró .

The doctor gave him morphine to ease the pain.

analgésico potente.

Morphine is a very powerful painkiller.

dosis .

In the hospital they carefully control each dose of morphine.

extrae opio.

Morphine is extracted from the opium poppy.

.

After the operation she needed morphine for several days.

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This word is part of lesson 75.