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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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