Dictionary![]() ![]() the•ba•inePronunciation: (thē'bu-ēn", thi-bā'ēn, -in), [key] —n. Chem. a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C19H21NO3, present in opium in small quantities, but having a strychninelike rather than a narcotic effect. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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