Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The hydrochlorid of benzoylethyl-dimethylaminopropanol, CH3C(C2H5)(OC7H5O)CH2N(CH3)2HCl: a local anesthetic resembling cocaine but weaker in its effect and less poisonous.
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But the second type, of which stovaine, the new synthetic drug, is a good example, produces its effects in very small concentration.
The riddle of the Rhine, chemical strategy in peace and war ... 1921
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