1. morphine, especially in its crude or impure form
Usage: archaic; medical

Examples

• The doctor administered morphia to ease the patient’s severe pain.
• In the 19th century, morphia was commonly used as a painkiller.
• The old medical text described the effects of morphia on wounded soldiers.
• She found a bottle of morphia in her grandmother’s medicine cabinet.
• The pharmacist explained that morphia was an early form of morphine.
• Historical records show morphia was widely prescribed before modern regulations.