PROCAINE

procaine, Ethocaine

(noun) a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

procaine (usually uncountable, plural procaines)

(pharmaceutical drug) A drug used as a local anaesthetic.

Anagrams

• apocrine, caponier

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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