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Definition of: cocaine
(kō·kān′, kō′kān; in technical usage kō′kə·ēn) noun
A white, bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C17H21NO4, contained in coca leaves: used in medicine as a local anesthetic and as a narcotic. Also co·cain′. [<COCA]
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