MORPHINE

noun
15 Scrabble
17 WWF
M 3
O 1
R 1
P 3
H 4
I 1
N 1
E 1

Definition

A crystalline alkaloid (7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-morphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.

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