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pro·caine

(prō′kān′)

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

[pro- + (co)caine (because it is the precursor of cocaine).]

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procaine

(ˈprəʊkeɪn; prəʊˈkeɪn)

(Pharmacology) a colourless or white crystalline water-soluble substance used, as the hydrochloride, as a local anaesthetic; 2-diethylaminoethyl-4-amino benzoate. Formula: NH2C6H4COOC2H4N(C2H5)2. See also Novocaine

[C20: from pro-¹ + (co)caine]

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pro•caine

(proʊˈkeɪn, ˈproʊ keɪn)

n.

a compound, C₁₃H₂₀N₂O₂, used chiefly as a local and spinal anesthetic.

[1915–20; pro-² + (co) caine]

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

Ethocaine

local anaesthetic, local anesthetic, topical anaesthetic, topical anesthetic, local - anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body

Novocain, novocaine, procaine hydrochloride - procaine administered as a hydrochloride (trade name Novocain)

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procaine

n procaína, novocaína

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