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procaine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun procaine has 1 sense
- procaine(n = noun.artifact) ethocaine - a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine; Array is a kind of local, local anaesthetic, local anesthetic, topical anaesthetic, topical anesthetic
has particulars: novocain, novocaine, procaine hydrochloride
OXFORD DICTIONARY
procaine, n. (also procain) a synthetic compound used as a local anaesthetic.
Etymology
PRO-(1) + COCAINE
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