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Benzocaine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A white, odorless, tasteless crystalline ester, C6H4NH2CO2C2H5, used as a local anesthetic.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A local anesthetic commonly used as a topical pain reliever.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. a chemical substance obtainable as a white crystalline ester (H2N.C6H4.CO.O.C2H5) used as a local anesthetic. Chemically, it is 4-aminobenzoic acid ethyl ester.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic

Word Usage

"- Health Canada suggest avoiding creams or lotions that may hold heat inside the skin or may contain numbing medication (such as benzocaine or lidocaine)."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

local anaesthetic topical anesthetic local anesthetic topical anaesthetic local

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

ethyl p-aminobenzoate