Chem. [f. Gr. ἀπό from + MORPHIA.] A white crystalline powder, C17H17NO2, obtained by heating morphia with an excess of hydrochloric acid: also Apomorphine.
1869. Eng. Mech., 1 Oct., 43/1. The physiological effects of apomorphia are very different from those of morphia, and a very small dose will produce speedy vomiting and considerable depression.
1875. H. Wood, Therap. (1879), 438. Dr. Gee was the first to announce that apomorphia is a certain and prompt emetic.
