Pseudomorphine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pseudomorphine is a noun meaning (zoology) Any ground beetle of the tribe Pseudomorphini, within the family Carabidae.
Meaning
(zoology) Any ground beetle of the tribe Pseudomorphini, within the family Carabidae.
More Meanings
- (chemistry) An inactive natural dimerization product of the morphine molecule in tandem, and thus a common impurity in morphine concentrations.
Example Sentences
Relationships of pseudomorphines to other harpaline tribes are unsettled as stated by Deuve (1993: 98).
Known only from trap samples, nothing is known about their habits, although researchers suspect that they may be associated with ants or termites, like other pseudomorphines.
Word Forms
- pseudomorphines
Synonyms for pseudomorphine
Depending on context, synonyms include oxydimorphine, dehydromorphine.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pseudomorph, pseudomorphic, apomorphine, diacetylmorphine, pseudocoel, pseudogene.
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