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noun - a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine
noun - a compound used as a local anesthetic
PROCAINE - Procaine is a local anesthetic drug of the amino ester group. It is used primarily to reduce the pain of intramuscular injection of penicillin, and i...
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| Apr 21 2018 Wall Street Journal |
| Apr 9 2016 Wall Street Journal |
| Jan 20 2009 The Times - Cryptic |
| Mar 26 2008 The Times - Cryptic |
| May 15 2007 The Times - Cryptic |
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| A white crystalline powder, C13H20N2O2, used chiefly in its hydrochloride form as a local anesthetic in medicine and dentistry. |
| a synthetic compound derived from benzoic acid, used as a local anaesthetic, especially in dentistry. |
| a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine |
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| Procaine is a local anesthetic drug of the amino ester group. It is used primarily to reduce the pain of intramuscular injection of penicillin, and it is also used in dentistry. Owing to the ubiquity of the trade name Novocain, in some regions, procaine is referred to generically as novocaine. It acts mainly as a sodium channel blocker. Today it is used therapeutically in some countries due to its sympatholytic, anti-inflammatory, perfusion-enhancing, and mood-enhancing effects.Procaine was first synthesized in 1905, shortly after amylocaine. It was created by the German chemist Alfred Einhorn who gave the chemical the trade name Novocaine, from the Latin nov- (meaning "new") and -caine, a common ending for alkaloids used as anesthetics. It was introduced into medical use by surgeon Heinrich Braun. Prior to the discovery of amylocaine and procaine, cocaine was a commonly used local anesthetic. Einhorn wished his new discovery to be used for amputations, but surgeons preferred general a |