Potent Painkiller Common in the 19th Century

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Question is: Potent Painkiller Common in the 19th Century

and the answer is: MORPHINE

Word Meaning:

MORPHINE — (biochemistry, pharmacology) A crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-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.

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