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butacaine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun butacaine has 1 sense
- butacaine(n = noun.artifact) butacaine sulfate - a white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic; Array is a kind of local, local anaesthetic, local anesthetic, topical anaesthetic, topical anesthetic
CIDE DICTIONARY
butacaine, n.
a white crystalline ester (C18H30N2O2 ) that is applied to mucous membranes as a topical anesthetic. Chemically it is 3-(di-n-butylamino)-1-propanol 4-aminobenzoate (H2N.C6H4.CO.O.(CH2)3N(C4H9)2 ). It is usually used as the sulfate salt. [WordNet 1.5]
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