[ 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 .
[ 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 .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004