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Definition: Codeine |
CodeineNoun1. Derivative of opium; used as an antitussive (to relieve coughing) and an analgesic (to relive pain). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "codeine" was first used: 1881 from the French expression "codéine". (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | An opioid analgesic related to morphine but with less potent analgesic properties and mild sedative effects. It also acts centrally to suppress cough. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Codeine |
| English words defined with "codeine": codefendant. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "codeine": Dextromethorphan ♦ Hydrocodone ♦ Oxycodone. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "codeine": Apocodeine. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | They include codeine and perhaps the most well-known narcotic of all, morphine. (references) | |
Stronger analgesics, such as propoxyphene and codeine, are sometimes prescribed. (references) | ||
Several antidiarrheal agents could be used, including diphenoxylate, loperamide, and codeine. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Codeine" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 78.57% of the time. "Codeine" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 78.57% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 14.29% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "codeine": Aspirin and Codeine ♦ Capital and Codeine ♦ Phenaphen With Codeine ♦ Tylenol With Codeine. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "codeine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كودايين دواء, مخدر مستخرج من الأفيون. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кодеин. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 可待 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kodein. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | codein (morphine methyl ether), metylmorfin (morphine methyl ether). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | codeina (morphine methyl ether), codeia (morphine methyl ether), codeïne (morphine methyl ether). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | codéine, codéïne. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kodein. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κωδεΐνη (morphine methyl ether), κωδεΰνη, μεθυλική μορφίνη (morphine methyl ether). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kodein. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | codeina (morphine methyl ether). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | "데인. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | odeinecay codeína (morphine methyl ether). (various references) кодеин. (various references) kodein. (various references) codeína (morphine methyl ether). (various references) kodein. (various references) kodein. (various references) кодеїн. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | kodeia. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "codeine": codeines. (additional references) | |
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"Codeine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cedoin, Cimetine, cobdenites, Coberine, Codafiene, codein, codeina, codien, codiene, Codina, codine, Codorniu, Codzienny, coedine, Condamine, Cordwina, cotenine, coueite, Cydonia, Hodierna, Hodierne, Kondeyne. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "codeine" (pronounced 'Co*de"ine'): Amine, Apocodeine, Brabantine, Bronzine, Butylamine, Buxine, Cacaine, Caffeine, Carbamine, Cross-examine, Cystine, Erythrophleine, Lophine, Lydine, melamine, Methylamine, Monamine, Mytilotoxine, Myxine, Naphthylamine, Nardine, narine, nervine, Parkesine, Peptotoxine, Phenylamine, Phloramine, Phycophaeine, Preexamine, Quinoidine, reexamine, Rudolphine, serine, Sinamine, Stibine, Suine, Sylphine, Synallaxine, Tyrotoxine, Verine, Warine, Wrightine. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-i-n-o" | |
-1 letter: codein, coined, edenic, encode. | |
-2 letters: coden, coned, deice, diene, donee, niece. | |
-3 letters: cede, cedi, cine, cion, code, coed, coin, cone, coni, deco, dene, deni, dice, dine, done, eide, iced, icon, need, nice, nide, node, nodi, odic, once. | |
-4 letters: cee, cod, con, dee, den, die, din, doc, doe, don, end, eon, ice, ion, nee, nod. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-i-n-o" | |
+1 letter: codeines, genocide, recoined. | |
+2 letters: coinhered, conceited, conceived, deception, defection, dejection, detection, endocrine, endoergic, endogenic, genocides, indolence, macedoine, obedience, pedogenic, recondite, sectioned. | |
+3 letters: codesigned, coinferred, cointerred, coinvented, comedienne, confidence, considered, coresident, cyclodiene, deaconries, deceptions, decisioned, declension, decolonize, defecation, defections, deflection, dejections, descension, detections, echinoderm, economised, economized, endergonic, endocrines, endothecia, entodermic, indolences, kinescoped, macedoines, necropsied, nematocide, nucleoside, nucleotide, obediences, paedogenic, probenecid, proceeding, providence, recognised, recognized, recombined, reconciled, reconsider, reinforced. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 64 65 69 6E 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- -.. . .. -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01100100 01100101 01101001 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o d e i n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0064 0065 0069 006E 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37817071758071 |
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