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narceine

Meaning of "narceine" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NARCEINE

Via French from Greek narkē numbness.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF NARCEINE

ˈnɑːsiːn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NARCEINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Narceine is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NARCEINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Narceine

Narceine is an opium alkaloid produced by the Papaver somniferum plant. It is a bitter, crystalline compound with narcotic effects and was formerly used as a substitute for morphine. Its name is derived from the Greek νάρκη, meaning numbness, and the postfix -ine referring to an alkaloid.

Definition of narceine in the English dictionary

The definition of narceine in the dictionary is a narcotic alkaloid that occurs in opium. Formula: C23H27O8N.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NARCEINE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NARCEINE

narc · narceen · narcism · narcissi · narcissism · narcissist · narcissistic · narcissistic personality disorder · narcissus · narcistic · narco-state · narcoanalysis · narcocatharsis · narcohypnosis · narcolepsy · narcoleptic · narcoma · narcosis · narcosynthesis · narcoterrorism

WORDS THAT END LIKE NARCEINE

Boulogne-sur-Seine · caffeine · codeine · cysteine · dihydrocodeine · eine · fluoresceine · Hauts-de-Seine · Heine · homocysteine · madeleine · mauveine · Neuilly-sur-Seine · purse seine · seine · sparteine · theine · vicereine

Synonyms and antonyms of narceine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «narceine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NARCEINE

Find out the translation of narceine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of narceine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «narceine» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

罂粟碱
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

narceína
570 millions of speakers
en

English

narceine
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

narceine
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

narceine
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

narceine
278 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Portuguese

narce�a
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

narceine
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

narcéine
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Narceine
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Narcein
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ナルセイン
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

narceine
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Narasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

narceine
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

narceine
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Narceine
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

narceine
70 millions of speakers
it

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narceine
65 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Polish

narceina
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

narceine
40 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Romanian

narceină
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ναρκεϊνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

narceine
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

narcein
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

narceine
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of narceine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NARCEINE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about narceine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NARCEINE»

Discover the use of narceine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to narceine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dictionary of Natural Products
Narceine and phthalideisoquinoline alkaloids These alkaloids constitute further examples of oxidation products of protoberberines, in which the nitrogen to C-8 bond has been cleaved. The narceine group contain an ethanamine chain and, ...
John Buckingham, 1993
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London Medical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Medicine
Nitrogen 3-78, or 1 atom □ Oxygen 25-63, or 12 atoms- 100-00, or 1 atom narcotina 370 Carbon 54-73 or 32 32x6= 192 Hydrogen 6-52 or 20 20 Nitrogen 4 33 or 1 14 Oxygen 3442 or 16 16x 8 = 128 lOO'OO or 1 atom narceine . Carbon 60 23 ...
‎1836
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Journal of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Having substituted magnesia in powder, for the alcaline solution, with the intention of decomposing a concentrated solution of hydrochlorate of narceine, I obtained a rose coloured pasty mass ; this, in drying, became blue. Treated with weak ...
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 1834
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A Formulary for the Preparation and Medical Administration ...
NARCEINE AND MECONINE. Narceine was discovered in 1832 by M. Pelletier, and meconine about the same time, by M. Couerbe. They are both obtained from the ammoniacal waters after the precipitation of morphia, which are evaporated ...
François Magendie, 1836
5
The elements of materia medica and therapeutics
Narceine has several very striking properties by which it is distinguished from other substances. The first of these deserving of notice is the action of mineral acids on it. Thus the sulphuric, nitric, and muriatic acids, so diluted with water that they ...
Jonathan Pereira, 1857
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Poppy: The Genus Papaver
8 NARCEINE-TYPE ALKALOIDS 8.1 Narceine The isolation of narceine has been reported from poppy heads (Gorecki and Bognár, 1968; Tulecki and Gorecki, 1969) and from opium (Addinall and Major, 1933a). The structure of narceine was ...
Jeno Bernath, 2003
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American Journal of Pharmacy
M. Eulenburg concludes that, for sedative and hypnotic effects, narceine is preferable to every other substance. Besides its employment in some essentially neuralgic affections, its use is indicated in all cases where pain is a prominent ...
‎1867
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The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign ...
Narcotine, morphine, meconic acid, meconine, narceine, a brown acid and extractive matter, a peculiar resin. Thick oil, gum, bassorine, and lignine. Of these the substances, the names of which are printed in italics, are . now recognised for the ...
‎1833
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The Alkaloids: Chemistry and Pharmacology V32: Chemistry and ...
In the analysis of opium, the major opioid alkaloids morphine, codeine, and thebaine are of special interest; but analysis of other nonopioid alkaloids, such as noscapine (narcotine), papaverine, narceine, and other, nonalkaloidal constituents ...
Arnold Brossi, 1988
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MEDICAL REVIEW
The principal substances which have been added in the present edition of this celebrated formulary are, codeine, narceine, meconine, prussic ether, lactic acid, and mannite : we will proceed to give a short account of them. New principles ...
JOHN F.\JOHN C., 1836

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NARCEINE»

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To keep customers coming back, some Chinese restaurants are …
In March 2014, police jailed Shanghai restaurant owners for using Narceine, another poppy-shell opiate, to dope up a famous crayfish dish ... «Quartz, Sep 14»
2
Shanghai restaurant owners blacklisted for adding opiates to crayfish
The Shanghai Food and Drug Administration blacklisted restaurant owners for adding Narceine, a mild relaxant found in opium poppy shells to ... «Shanghaiist, Mar 14»
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Fields of joy: Thanks to a morphine shortage, poppy growing in the …
The seedpods of opium poppies are full of a milky latex which dries to an amber-coloured resin, rich in codeine, morphine, narceine, narcotine, ... «Independent, Jul 09»
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