narceine Chem.
(ˈnɑːsɪɪn, -aɪn)
Also -in.
[a. F. narcéine (Pelletier, 1832), f. Gr. νάρκη numbness, deadness: see -ine5.]
A bitter crystalline alkaloid obtained from opium, sometimes used in medicine as a substitute for morphia.
| 1834 Cycl. Pract. Med. III. 152/2 The active principles, the meconate of morphia, the narceine, and narcotina. 1864 Syd. Soc. Year-bk. Med. for 1863, 430 Codein, narceine and thebaine produce violent and even tetanic spasms. 1875 H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 229 Decidedly larger doses of narcein than of morphia are required to obtain any action. |