codeine

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: co=deine

CIDE DICTIONARY

codeine, n. [Gr. poppy head: cf. F. codine.].

 One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much feebler in its action; -- called also codeia.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

codeine, n. an alkaloid derived from morphine and used to relieve pain.

Etymology

Gk kodeia poppy-head + -INE(4)

THESAURUS

codeine

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