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Procaine

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

n. A white crystalline powder, C13H20N2O2, used chiefly in its hydrochloride form as a local anesthetic in medicine and dentistry.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A drug used as a local anaesthetic.

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

n. a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine

Word Usage

"Novocain is a trade name for procaine, which is the anesthetic, but it's usually administered with adrenaline, which is the trade name for epinephrine."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

local anaesthetic topical anesthetic local anesthetic topical anaesthetic local

Hyponym

Novocain procaine hydrochloride novocaine

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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