codeine


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
codeine /ˈkəʊdiːn, -dɪiːn/
noun Medicine an analgesic drug derived from morphine.
– origin C19: from Gk kōdeia ‘poppy head’ + -ine4.
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