different between morphia vs chlorodyne

morphia

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -??(r)fi?

Noun

morphia (uncountable)

  1. morphine
    • 1920, D. H. Lawrence, Women in Love, Chapter XXIV: Death and Love,
      The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly.

Anagrams

  • amorphi

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chlorodyne

English

Etymology

Blend of chloroform +? anodyne.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kl???da?n/

Noun

chlorodyne (countable and uncountable, plural chlorodynes)

  1. A narcotic drug, made from chloroform, morphia and other substances.
    • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Consequences’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 71:
      Then he began, for he had a good memory, quoting a few of the more important notes in the papers—slowly and one by one as a man drops chlorodyne into a glass.
    • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 5
      Mr. Pappleworth arrived, chewing a chlorodyne gum, at about twenty to nine, when all the other men were at work.

Anagrams

  • hydroclone

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