Meaning of pseudomorphine | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An inactive natural dimerization product of the morphine molecule in tandem, and thus a common impurity in morphine concentrations.
   uncountable
2. Any ground beetle of the tribe Pseudomorphini, within the family Carabidae.

Examples

“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.”

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