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Definitions for cocaine
koʊˈkeɪn, ˈkoʊ keɪnco·caine
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Princeton's WordNet
cocaine, cocainnoun
a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive
GCIDE
Cocainenoun
A powerful narcotic alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain. It is classified as addictive and is not available in the U. S. without a prescription, but is nevertheless one of the most widespread illegal drugs of abuse. It is used in several forms, including small pellets of free base, called crack. Most of the cacaine illegally used in the U.S. is imported.
Wiktionary
cocainenoun
A stimulant narcotic in the form of a white powder that users generally self-administer by insufflation through the nose.
cocainenoun
Any derivative of cocaine.
Etymology: From kuka, probably via cocaïne.
Wikipedia
Cocaine
Cocaine is a song written and recorded in 1976 by singer-songwriter J. J. Cale. The song was popularized by Eric Clapton after his cover version was released on the 1977 album Slowhand.
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cocaine
Cocaine is a powerful stimulant drug derived from the leaves of the coca plant native to South America. It is often used recreationally for its euphoric and energizing effects. As a street drug, cocaine looks like a fine, white crystal powder. Cocaine works by blocking the reuptake of dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin in the brain, thereby increasing their concentrations. This leads to feelings of intense pleasure, increased energy and alertness. However, it is highly addictive and its misuse can lead to serious health problems such as heart disease, stroke, and mental disorders.
Webster Dictionary
Cocainenoun
a powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain
Wikidata
Cocaine
Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" and the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is a stimulant, an appetite suppressant, and a topical anesthetic. Biologically, cocaine acts as a serotonin–norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor, also known as a triple reuptake inhibitor. It is addictive because of its effect on the mesolimbic reward pathway. Unlike most molecules, cocaine has pockets with both high hydrophilic and lipophilic efficiency, violating the rule of hydrophilic-lipophilic balance. This causes it to cross the blood–brain barrier far better than other psychoactive chemicals and may even induce blood-brain barrier breakdown. It is controlled internationally by Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Cocaine
an alkaloid from the leaf of the coca plant, used as an anæsthetic.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Cocaine
An alkaloid ester extracted from the leaves of plants including coca. It is a local anesthetic and vasoconstrictor and is clinically used for that purpose, particularly in the eye, ear, nose, and throat. It also has powerful central nervous system effects similar to the amphetamines and is a drug of abuse. Cocaine, like amphetamines, acts by multiple mechanisms on brain catecholaminergic neurons; the mechanism of its reinforcing effects is thought to involve inhibition of dopamine uptake.
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The numerical value of cocaine in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
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The numerical value of cocaine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of cocaine in a Sentence
It was the crack cocaine that continued to hold me bound.
Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas:
We cannot rule out that this cocaine was bound for organized criminals in Central America and Mexico, with the United States and Europe as a final destination.
Things started getting really bad when I started doing cocaine, i started doing ecstasy and really heavy drugs. I came so close to overdosing and just being on the brink of losing my life so many times. But when you’re entangled in addiction, you just don’t care about your life. You’re already in so much pain at that point that you start to not even care if you lose it.
We will not tolerate a business facilitating illegal drug activity by selling drug paraphernalia, our efforts will curtail the ease of obtaining items needed to use crack cocaine.
They located 38 individual clear plastic baggies of a white powdery substance believed to be cocaine. They also located two more bags of the heroin.
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- كوكايينArabic
- кокаинBulgarian
- kokainCzech
- kokainDanish
- KokainGerman
- κοκαΐνηGreek
- kokainoEsperanto
- cocaínaSpanish
- kokaiinEstonian
- kokaiiniFinnish
- kokainFaroese
- cocaïneFrench
- cóicínIrish
- कोकीनHindi
- կոկաինArmenian
- cocainaItalian
- コカインJapanese
- 코카인Korean
- cocainiLatin
- кокаинMacedonian
- kokainMalay
- cocaïneDutch
- kokainNorwegian
- nííʼiiʼniłíNavajo, Navaho
- kokainaPolish
- cocaínaPortuguese
- cocainăRomanian
- кокаинRussian
- kokain, кокаинSerbo-Croatian
- kokainSwedish
- கோகோயின்Tamil
- కొకైన్Telugu
- โคเคนThai
- kokainTurkish
- کوکینUrdu
- cocaineVietnamese
- 可卡因Chinese
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