Dicodeine

/daɪˈkoʊdiːn/ noun

Definition

A pharmaceutical compound derived from or related to codeine, a narcotic painkiller and cough suppressant used in medicine.

Etymology

From 'di-' (indicating a double or derived form) combined with 'codeine,' itself derived from Greek 'kodeia' (poppy head). The term emerged in 20th-century pharmaceutical chemistry.

Kelly Says

Dicodeine represents how chemists modify natural alkaloids from poppies to create new medicines—by adding or tweaking chemical bonds, they can make drugs that work differently, which is why the poppy plant has inspired hundreds of different pharmaceutical compounds!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ዲኮዴን
di-ko-deen
ARالعربية
ديكودين
di-ko-deen
BNবাংলা
ডিকোডাইন
di-ko-dai-n
CACatalà
dicodeïna
di-ko-dei-na
CSČeština
dicodein
di-ko-de-in
DADansk
dicodein
di-ko-deen
DEDeutsch
Dicodein
di-ko-dain
ELΕλληνικά
δικοδίνη
di-ko-di-nee
ESEspañol
dicodina
di-ko-deen-ah
FAفارسی
دی‌کودین
di-ko-deen
FISuomi
dikodeiini
di-ko-dei-nee
FRFrançais
dicodéine
di-ko-de-in
GUGU
ડિકોડીન
di-ko-deen
HAHA
dikodin
di-ko-din
HEעברית
דיקודין
di-ko-din
HIहिन्दी
डिकोडीन
di-ko-deen
HUMagyar
dicodein
di-ko-deen
IDBahasa Indonesia
dikodin
di-ko-din
IGIG
dikodin
di-ko-din
ITItaliano
dicodine
di-ko-deen-eh
JA日本語
ジコデイン
ji-ko-dei-n
KKKK
дикодеин
di-ko-dei-n
KMKM
ឌីកូឌីន
di-ko-deen
KO한국어
디코디인
di-ko-di-in
MRMR
डिकोडीन
di-ko-deen
MSBahasa Melayu
dikodin
di-ko-din
MYမြန်မာ
ဒီကိုဒိန်း
di-ko-deen
NLNederlands
dicodeïne
di-ko-de-in
NONorsk
dicodein
di-ko-deen
PAPA
ਡਿਕੋਡੀਨ
di-ko-deen
PLPolski
dicodeina
di-ko-de-i-na
PTPortuguês
dicodina
di-ko-dee-nah
RORomână
dicodeină
di-ko-de-in-ah
RUРусский
дикодеин
di-ko-dey-n
SVSvenska
dicodein
di-ko-deen
SWKiswahili
dikodin
di-ko-din
TAதமிழ்
டிக்கோடின்
ti-ko-din
TEతెలుగు
డికోడీన్
di-ko-deen
THไทย
ดิโคดีน
di-ko-deen
TLTL
dikodin
di-ko-din
TRTürkçe
dikodin
di-ko-din
UKУкраїнська
дикодеїн
di-ko-dei-in
URاردو
ڈیکوڈین
di-ko-deen
VITiếng Việt
dicodein
di-ko-deen
YOYO
dikodin
di-ko-din
ZH中文
双氢吗啡酸
shuāng hé māfēi suān
ZUZU
dikodin
di-ko-din

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