thebaine

thebaine
/thee"beuh een', thi bay"een, -in/, n. Chem.
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, present in opium in small quantities, but having a strychninelike rather than a narcotic effect.
[1890-95; < NL theba(ia) opium of Thebes, Egypt (alter. of L Thebaea, fem. of Thebaeus Theban) + -INE2]

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