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Webster 1913 Edition

(när′kō̍-tĭn or när′kō̍-tēn)

Noun.

[Cf. F.

narcotine

. Cf.

(Chem.)

An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; – called also

narcotia

Noun.

The pure narcotic principle of opium.