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A narrow bed. 2. The finger of a glove. cotar'nin. [Ang.-Sax., cote.'] alkaloid, G2H13- A monobasic NO3, formed by the oxidation of narcotin. c. hydro chlorid. A compound of cotarnin and hydrochloric acid, O2H13NO3.- CIH + 2H2O, forming long, silky crystals known as styptic in, used as a hemostatic, an analgesic, and a uterine sedative, c. phthalate (C^HiaOsN^CeH^COOHH Known as styptol; its action resembles that of C. hydro chlorid, the mechanism of the action in both cases being obscure. [A wordtin. ] formed by metathesis from narcoco'to bark. A bark obtained from the interior of Bolivia, believed at first to be from a Cinchona, though its origin is now in dispute. Its active principle is cotoin.