- cocaine
- co·caine
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Cocaine — Cocaïne Cocaïne Général Nom IUPAC (1R,2R,3S,5S) 3 (benzoyloxy) 8 methyl 8 azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane 2 carboxylate de méthyle N … Wikipédia en Français
COCAÏNE — L’Erythroxylon coca (famille des Linacées), cultivée à Java, et surtout en Amérique du Sud d’où la plante est originaire, produit la cocaïne au niveau des feuilles par transformation de l’ornithine. Les racines paraissent totalement dépourvues… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Cocaine — «Cocaine» Sencillo de J.J. Cale del álbum Troubadour Formato Vinilo Grabación 1977 Género(s) Rock Duración 2:48 … Wikipedia Español
cocaine — 1874, from Modern Latin cocaine (1856), coined by Albert Niemann of Gottingen University from coca (from Quechua cuca) + chemical suffix INE (Cf. ine) (2). A medical coinage, the drug was used 1870s as a local anaesthetic for eye surgery, etc. It … Etymology dictionary
Cocaine — Co ca*ine, n. (Chem.) A powerful narcotic alkaloid, {C17H21NO4}, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain. It is classified as addictive and is not … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cocaine — [n] illegal drug blow*, coke*, controlled substance, crack*, crystal*, freebase*, happy dust*, ice*, joy powder*, mojo*, narcotic, nose candy*, poison*, snort*, snow*, speedball*, stardust*, stuff*, sugar*, white horse*, white lady*, wings*;… … New thesaurus
cocaine — ► NOUN ▪ an addictive drug derived from coca or prepared synthetically, used as an illegal stimulant and sometimes medicinally as a local anaesthetic. ORIGIN from COCA(Cf. ↑coca) … English terms dictionary
cocaine — [kō kān′, kō′kān΄] n. [ COCA + INE3] a crystalline alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from dried coca leaves: it was once much used in medicine and dentistry to lessen pain, but it is habit forming when used as a stimulant … English World dictionary
Cocaine — For other uses, see Cocaine (disambiguation). Cocaine … Wikipedia
Cocaïne — Cet article concerne l alcaloïde. Pour la chanson, voir Cocaine (chanson). Cocaïne … Wikipédia en Français
Cocaine — The most potent stimulant of natural origin, a bitter addictive anesthetic (pain blocker) which is extracted from the leaves of the coca scrub (Erythroxylon coca) indigenous to the Andean highlands of South America. From the name of the plant… … Medical dictionary
