morphia
- n an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain
- He, vexed, indulged himself the more riotously, inhaled ether and took morphia when he found that champagne had no more effect upon him.
- He treated himself with an "electrical contraption called Pulvermacher's Galvanic Belt," added morphia and colchicum to his diet of drugs.