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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A rapidly acting anesthetic, C16H30O5, used in its hydrochloride form for local and spinal anesthesia.

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  • noun A local anesthetic.

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  • noun a compound used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local or spinal anesthetic

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[piper(idine) + –caine.]

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