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opianine

opianine noun: an alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, probably identical with narcotine.

Noun

opianine

  1. (archaic) An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, probably identical with narcotine.

Origin of opianine

From opium + -anine.

Questions about opianine

What does opianine mean?
Opianine means an alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, probably identical with narcotine.
What part of speech is opianine?
Opianine is a noun.

Words near opianine in the dictionary

  1. ophthamology
  2. ophthocillin
  3. OPI
  4. opia
  5. opianic acid
  6. opianine
  7. opianyl
  8. opias
  9. opiate
  10. opiated
  11. opiatelike

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