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cocaine-induced hallucination — Cocaine and its products are known under many names, including coke, freebase, base, rock, and crack. The term cocaine comes from the Quechua word cuca (whichisthenativenameforthecoca plant) and the Latin noun ending ine.Itwas coined in or… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Cocaine (disambiguation) — Cocaine is an alkaloid derived from the coca plant. Cocaine may also refer to: Cocaine (drink), a highly caffeinated energy drink that does not contain the alkaloid cocaine Cocaine (film), a 1922 British crime film directed by Graham Cutts… … Wikipedia
Cocaine — For other uses, see Cocaine (disambiguation). Cocaine … Wikipedia
Cocaine — The most potent stimulant of natural origin, a bitter addictive anesthetic (pain blocker) which is extracted from the leaves of the coca scrub (Erythroxylon coca) indigenous to the Andean highlands of South America. From the name of the plant… … Medical dictionary
Plant — For other uses, see Plant (disambiguation). Plants Temporal range: Early Cambrian to recent, but see text, 520–0 Ma … Wikipedia
cocaine — /koh kayn , koh kayn/, n. Pharm. a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphorigenic properties. [1870 75; COCA + INE1] * * *… … Universalium
cocaine — [19] Cocaine is made from the dried leaves of the coca bush, a plant native to the Andes, and its name was formed (perhaps originally in French, as cocaïne) from the plant’s name. That was a local name, Quechua koka, probably from the Aymara… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
cocaine — [19] Cocaine is made from the dried leaves of the coca bush, a plant native to the Andes, and its name was formed (perhaps originally in French, as cocaïne) from the plant’s name. That was a local name, Quechua koka, probably from the Aymara… … Word origins
Plant defense against herbivory — Poison ivy produces urushiol to protect the plant from herbivores. In humans this chemical produces an allergic skin rash, known as urushiol induced contact dermatitis … Wikipedia
cocaine — n. an alkaloid that is derived from the leaves of the coca plant (Erythroxylon coca) or prepared synthetically and is sometimes used as a local anaesthetic applied to mucous membranes in ear, nose, and throat surgery. It constricts the small… … The new mediacal dictionary
