morphia mania

[English morphia, and mania.] An uncontrollable pa ion for taking morphia or opium as an anodyne. "The extent to which morphia mania prevails in our midst."- Pall Mall Gazette . mor-phi-a-mā-ni-ăc, s . [Eng. morphia , and maniac.] One addicted to taking morphia or "A habitual drunkard is le under the thraldom of alcohol than the morphia maniac under that of morphia." opium. -Pall Mall Gazette.