Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A synthetic amide, C14H22N2O, used chiefly in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic agent.
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- noun medicine A
local anesthetic that is also used as aantiarrhythmic drug.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a local anesthetic (trade names Lidocaine and Xylocaine) used topically on the skin and mucous membranes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And then a safer form of - what are called lidocaine and novocaine, which is a similar drug to cocaine but it doesn't have that euphoric effect, has been used and is used all the time by dentists and people who need to do local anesthesia.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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The other trial will compare treatment with the drug amiodarone, another drug called lidocaine, or neither medication a salt-water placebo in participants with shock -resistant ventricular fibrillation, a condition in which the heart beats chaotically instead of pumping blood.
Forbes.com: News Larry Husten 2012
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Only two days after Jackson's death, according to Walgren, did he acknowledge to the police that he had administered the drug - and then said he had injected just 25mg, diluted with another drug called lidocaine.
The Guardian World News Andrew Gumbel 2011
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McNamee ever injected into him was a pain-killer called lidocaine and the vitamin B-12.
Edmonton Sun 2010
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If Clemens makes it, he should be depicted with a syringe of lidocaine, which is what Clemens says his trainer injected into him. "
Warren Goldstein: Losing It -- Over Steroids, Emotion, and Hillary Clinton 2008
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It might be cure by some drugs too such as lidocaine, benzodiazepines and many other kinds of medications.
WN.com - Articles related to Federation president "ashamed" after World Cup 2010
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It might be cure by some drugs too such as lidocaine, benzodiazepines and many other kinds of medications.
WN.com - Articles related to Federation president "ashamed" after World Cup 2010
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It might be cure by some drugs too such as lidocaine, benzodiazepines and many other kinds of medications.
WN.com - Articles related to Federation president "ashamed" after World Cup 2010
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Many of them come with a local anesthetic, such as lidocaine or benzocaine, that can provide almost instant relief.
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It might be cure by some drugs too such as lidocaine, benzodiazepines and many other kinds of medications.
WN.com - Articles related to Federation president "ashamed" after World Cup 2010
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