Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, obtained from opium.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An alkaloid, C19H21NO3, obtained from opium. It is a white crystalline base having an acrid taste, and analogous to strychnine in its physiological effects. Also called thebaia, paramorphine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, found in opium in small quantities, having a sharp, astringent taste, and a tetanic action resembling that of strychnine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun toxicology A
poisonous alkaloid ,paramorphine , obtained fromopium ; not used inmedicine .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Injecting salutaridine yielded a five-ringed opiate called thebaine, and injecting thebaine generated three similarly structured opiates: codeine, oripavine and morphine.
Scientific American 2010
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Hydrocodone or dihydrocodeinone is a semi-synthetic opioid derived from two of the naturally occurring opiates codeine and thebaine.
NiteLife 2008
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A synthetic derivative of thebaine, used as a pain reliever and local anesthetic.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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A synthetic derivative of thebaine, used as a pain reliever and local anesthetic.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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(Tylenol with codeine, Empirin with codeine, Robitussan AC), and thebaine.
The 1999 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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The scientists dubbed the enzymes thebaine 6-O-demethylase and codeine O-demethylase.
Classical Values 2010
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E. coli, put the critter in a flask with some thebaine, and left it overnight.
Classical Values 2010
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Injecting thebaine resulted in codeine, morphine, and a third opiate, oripavine, being identified in the urine.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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"When she came back the next morning, the thebaine was all gone," says Facchini.
Classical Values 2010
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Papaver somniferum, and a mutant plant that makes the morphine precursors thebaine and oripavine but can't make morphine itself.
Classical Values 2010
sionnach commented on the word thebaine
poisonous alkaloid obtained from opium.
February 4, 2008
bilby commented on the word thebaine
Thebaine of my life is barking dogs :-/
September 1, 2022