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co·caine
(kō-kān′, kō′kān′)n.
A colorless or white crystalline alkaloid, C17H21NO4, extracted from coca leaves, sometimes used in medicine as a local anesthetic especially for the eyes, nose, or throat and widely used as an illicit drug for its euphoric and stimulating effects.
[French cocaïne, from coca, coca, from Spanish; see coca.]
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cocaine
(kəˈkeɪn) orcocain
n
(Recreational Drugs) an addictive narcotic drug derived from coca leaves or synthesized, used medicinally as a topical anaesthetic. Formula: C17H21NO4
[C19: from coca + -ine1]
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co•caine
(koʊˈkeɪn, ˈkoʊ keɪn)n.
a bitter, white, crystalline alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphoriant properties.
[1870–75]
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| Noun | 1. |  cocaine - a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictivebasuco - low-grade cocaine mixed with coca paste and cannabis coca - dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect crack cocaine, tornado, crack - a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive hard drug - a narcotic that is considered relatively strong and likely to cause addiction |
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Translations
كوكائينكوكايينكُوكاييـن
kokain
kokain
kokaiin
kokaiini
kokain
kokain
kókaín
コカイン
코카인
kokainas
kokaīns
cocaină
kokaín
kokainкокаин
kokain
โคเคน
côcain
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
cocaine
[kəʊˈkeɪn] n → cocaïne f
modif
cocaine habit (= addiction) → dépendance f à la cocaïne
his £300 a day cocaine habit → sa dépendance à la cocaïne qui lui coûtait 300 livres par jour
cocaine habit (= addiction) → dépendance f à la cocaïne
his £300 a day cocaine habit → sa dépendance à la cocaïne qui lui coûtait 300 livres par jour
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cocaine
n → Kokain nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cocaine
(kəˈkein) noun an addictive drug formerly used to deaden pain.
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cocaine
→ كُوكاييـن kokain kokain Kokain κοκαΐνη cocaína kokaiini cocaïne kokain cocaina コカイン 코카인 cocaïne kokain kokaina cocaína кокаин kokain โคเคน kokain côcain 可卡因Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
co·caine
n. cocaína, narcótico alcaloide adictivo complejo obtenido de las hojas de coca; slang nieve.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
cocaine
n cocaínaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.