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opianine
CIDE DICTIONARY
opianine, n.
An alkaloid (C22H23NO7 ) found in small quantity in opium. It is identical with narcotine . It is present in amounts up to 11% in Papaver somniferum , and is used clinically as an antitussive. [1913 Webster]
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