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What does morphine mean?

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  1. 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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Despite high doses of intravenous morphine and ketamine, the pain was unbearable.
She was given morphine and needed ventilation for her subsequent apnoea and to try to lower her pulmonary resistance to improve lung blood flow.
Some even have to be given morphine in a last-ditch attempt to cure their addiction.

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