English-Spanish translations for morphine

• morfina
  Por otro lado, creo que debemos aclarar el hecho de que ya se ha previsto la producción de morfina. Besides, I think we must clarify the fact that there is already provision for morphine production.
  Sin embargo, representa un paso hacia adelante, ya que por lo menos el opio no acabará como heroína, sino como morfina. It nevertheless constitutes a step forward, in that at least part of that opium will not end up as heroin, but as morphine.
  3. la producción legal a gran escala de morfina conduciría a una mayor producción de drogas; éstas cubrirían en última instancia la demanda de droga en el mercado mundial. 3. large-scale legal production of morphine would lead to more drugs being produced; these would ultimately meet the demand for drugs on the world market.

Definition of morphine

• A crystalline alkaloid , 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

Related words

• diacetylmorphine
• ethylmorphine
• apomorphine
• diamorphine
• paramorphine
• desomorphine
• morphine addict
• ethyl morphine