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Cocaine Coca Noun Co·Caine  A Bitter Crystalline Alkaloid

Title Cocaine
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
co·caine
 \\kō-ˈkān, ˈkō-ˌ\\ noun
 DATE  1874
: a bitter crystalline alkaloid C17H21NO4 obtained from coca leaves that is used especially in the form of its hydrochloride medically as a topical anesthetic and illicitly for its euphoric effects and that may result in a compulsive psychological need
English Etymology
cocaine
  1874, from Fr. cocaine (1856), coined by Albert Niemann of Gottingen University from coca (from Quechua cuca) + -ine, arbitrary use of L. -inus, -ina for noun ending. A medical coinage, the drug was used 1870s as a local anaesthetic for eye surgery, etc.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English
Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of English


cocaine 
nou

ADJ. crack, freebase 

QUANT. line, packet 

VERB + COCAINE freebase, inject, shoot, smoke, sniff, snort 

COCAINE + NOUN possession | injection | export | baron | cartel 
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Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
cocaine
co·caine kEu5keinNAmE kou- / (also informal cokenoun[U]
   a powerful drug that some people take illegally for pleasure and can become 
addicted
 to. Doctors sometimes use it as an 
anaesthetic
 .
   可卡因;古柯硷
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
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co·caine
\kōˈkān, kəˈ-, ˈkōˌk- sometimes ˈkōkəˌēn or -k(ə)in\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary coca + -ine; originally formed as German kokain
1. : a bitter crystalline alkaloid C17H21NO4 obtained from coca leaves and synthesized from ecgonine that has first a stimulating then a narcotic effect if taken internally, in large doses produces intoxication like that from hemp, and acts as a local anesthetic and mydriatic; methyl-benzoyl-ecgonine
2. : any of several alkaloids found in coca that are derived from ecgonine

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