hydromorphone

hydromorphone
hy·dro·mor·phone -'mȯr-.fōn n a ketone C17H19NO3 derived from morphine that is about five times as active biologically as morphine and is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C17H19NO3·HCl as an analgesic called also dihydromorphinone

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hy·dro·mor·phone (hi″dro-morґfōn) a morphine alkaloid, having opioid analgesic effects similar to but greater and of shorter duration than those of morphine.

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