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| the·ba·ine [ thbə n, thi báy in ] |
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poisonous opium alkaloid: a poisonous alkaloid that causes convulsions similar to those caused by strychnine. Source: opium. Use: formerly, as medicine. C19H21NO3
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| [Mid-19th century. < Greek Thēbai "Thebes"; because Upper Egypt was an important source of opium] |
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