pseudomorphine

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Etymology 1

From pseudo- +‎ morphine.

Noun

pseudomorphine (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) An inactive natural dimerization product of the morphine molecule in tandem, and thus a common impurity in morphine concentrations.

   Synonyms: oxydimorphine, dehydromorphine

Etymology 2

Noun

pseudomorphine (plural pseudomorphines)

1. (zoology) Any ground beetle of the tribe Pseudomorphini, within the family Carabidae.
   • 2012, Yves Bousquet, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, North of Mexico, page 66:

     Relationships of pseudomorphines to other harpaline tribes are unsettled as stated by Deuve (1993: 98).

   • 2023, Arthur V. Evans, The Lives of Beetles: A Natural History of Coleoptera, page 146:

     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.