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oripavine

oripavine noun: an opiate alkaloid 6,7,8,14-tetradehydro-4,5α-epoxy-6-methoxy-17-methylmorphinan-3-ol that is a metabolite of thebaine.

Noun

oripavine (uncountable)

  1. An opiate alkaloid 6,7,8,14-tetradehydro-4,5α-epoxy-6-methoxy-17-methylmorphinan-3-ol that is a metabolite of thebaine

Questions about oripavine

What does oripavine mean?
Oripavine means an opiate alkaloid 6,7,8,14-tetradehydro-4,5α-epoxy-6-methoxy-17-methylmorphinan-3-ol that is a metabolite of thebaine.
What part of speech is oripavine?
Oripavine is a noun.

Words near oripavine in the dictionary

  1. Orionids
  2. Orions
  3. oriostomatid
  4. oriostomatids
  5. Oriovac
  6. oripavine
  7. Oris
  8. orisa
  9. orisas
  10. orisci
  11. oriscus

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