COCAINE


Meaning of COCAINE in English

[ kə(ʊ)'keɪn ]

■ noun an addictive drug derived from coca or prepared synthetically, used as an illegal stimulant and sometimes medicinally as a local anaesthetic.

Origin

C19: from coca + -ine 4 .

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