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Meaning of 'codeine' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Codeine [ n.]
- One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much feebler in its action; -- called also codeia.

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