chief alkaloid of opium, 1828, from French morphine or German Morphin (1816), name coined by German apothecary Friedrich Sertürner (1783-1840) in reference to Latin Morpheus, Ovid's name for the god of dreams, from Greek morphe "form, shape, beauty, outward appearance," perhaps from PIE *merph-, a possible Greek root meaning "form," of unknown origin. So called because of the drug's sleep-inducing properties.
例文
1. He needs morphine to deaden the pain in his chest.
彼は胸の痛みを緩和するためにモルヒネを必要とした。
2.The morphine was administered by injection.
そのモルヒネは注射された.
3. Morphine is a white bitter substance obtained from opium and used in medicine to reduce pain.
モルヒネはアヘンから抽出された苦味の白い物体で、痛みを減らす薬として使用されています。
4.Each capsule contains between 30 and 100 pellets of morphine sulphate according to the strength of dose required.
各カプセルには、所望の用量の濃度に応じてモルヒネ硫酸塩粒子が30?100個含まれる。
5.Like the morphine fiend，he was becoming addicted to his ease.