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narceines

[nahr-see-een, -in]

noun Pharmacology.

a narcotic alkaloid, C₂₃H₂₇NO₈, occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.

Origin:
< French narcéine (1832), irregular < Greek nárkē numbness (see narco-) + French -ine -ine²

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