Definition of Cocaine

1. Noun. A narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive.

Exact synonyms: Cocain
Specialized synonyms: Basuco, Blow, C, Coke, Nose Candy, Snow, Crack, Crack Cocaine, Tornado
Substance meronyms: Coca
Generic synonyms: Hard Drug
Derivative terms: Cocainise, Cocainize

Definition of Cocaine

1. n. 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.

Definition of Cocaine

1. a narcotic alkaloid [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cocaine

1. Drug of abuse and psychostimulant that acts to increase extraneuronal dopamine in midbrain by binding to the dopamine uptake transporter and hence inhibiting dopamine reuptake at the plasma membrane. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cocaine

cobwebbing
cobwebby
cobwebs
cobyric acid
cobyric acid synthase
cobyrinamide
cobyrinic acid
cobyrinic hexa-amide
cobza
cobzas
COC
coca
coca
cocain
cocaine (current term)
cocaine (current term)
cocaine-related disorder
cocaines
cocaine abuse
cocaine addict
cocaine addiction
cocaine esterase
cocainise
cocainism
cocainisms
cocainization
cocainization
cocainizations
cocainize
cocainized

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