Taber's Medical Dictionary
morphine
(mor′fēn″ )
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The principal alkaloid found in opium, occurring as bitter colorless crystals.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Morphine." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755248/1/morphine.
Morphine. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755248/1/morphine. Accessed April 25, 2026.
Morphine. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755248/1/morphine
Morphine [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 25]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/755248/1/morphine.
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