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morphine

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "morphine" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

2 syllables

8 characters

English (US)

Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “morphine” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.

2syllables

morphine

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morphine is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, morphine is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofmorphine

1noun

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.

Nearby Words

17 words

Before

morphgan morphia morphias morphiate morphic morphically morphin morphinate

morphine(current)

After

morphines morphinic morphinism morphinist morphinization morphinize morphinomania morphinomaniac

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