Definitions
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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