COCAINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cocaine mean? 

• COCAINE (noun)
  The noun COCAINE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: COCAINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COCAINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cocain; cocaine

Hypernyms ("cocaine" is a kind of...):

hard drug (a narcotic that is considered relatively strong and likely to cause addiction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cocaine"):

basuco (low-grade cocaine mixed with coca paste and cannabis)

blow; C; coke; nose candy; snow (street names for cocaine)

crack; crack cocaine; tornado (a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive)

Holonyms ("cocaine" is a substance of...):

coca (dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect)

 Context examples 

Cocaine can also be made into small white rocks, called crack.

(Cocaine, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

By stabilizing neuronal membranes, cocaine inhibits the initiation and conduction of nerve impulses and produces a reversible loss of sensation.

(Cocaine, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes include pain, stress, fever, alcohol and nicotine withdrawal, cocaine and hallucinogenic drugs use, depression, bipolar disorders, and schizophrenia.

(Agitation, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of cocaine present in a sample.

(Cocaine Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the cocaine present in a biological specimen.

(Cocaine Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A psychologically and socially impaired state, with or without physiological changes, that develops as a result of using cocaine and which leads to compulsive behaviors to acquire the substance.

(Cocaine Dependence, NCI Thesaurus)

Taken together, these results show that cocaine acts, at least in part, by boosting ΔFosB levels in the nucleus accumbens, which in turn lowers G9a expression.

(What Causes Cocaine Addiction, NIH, US)

The determination of the amount of benzoylecgonine, the primary metabolite of cocaine, present in a sample.

(Benzoylecgonine Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

I suppose, Watson, said he, that you imagine that I have added opium-smoking to cocaine injections, and all the other little weaknesses on which you have favoured me with your medical views.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Cocaine causes euphoria, loss of appetite, insomnia, and is highly addictive.

(Crack Cocaine, NCI Thesaurus)