morphia Chem.
(ˈmɔːfɪə)
[mod.L., f. Morpheus: see -ia1. Cf. morphium.]
a. = morphine.
| 1818 A. T. Thomson Lond. Disp. (ed. 2) 286 Robiquet..has confirm'd his [Sertuerner's] statement regarding the existence of morphia. 1874 Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. (1880) 193 Apomorphia... Obtained by heating morphia..with excess of hydrochloric acid. 1876 Harley Mat. Med. 753 Morphia is the chief and essential constituent of opium. |
b. attrib., as in morphia habit, morphia lozenge, morphia salt, etc.; morphia syringe, a syringe for the hypodermic injection of morphia.
| 1874 Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. (1880) 198 Morphia Lozenges. Ibid. 204 The opium and morphia salts become absorbed. 1881 Trans. Obstet. Soc. Lond. XXII. 132 Dr. Godson tapped it with a morphia syringe. 1891 Daily News 23 Mar. 5/1 The morphia habit of the deceased. |
Hence ˈmorphiated a., impregnated or affected with morphia (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1891).