Novocain
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5.7
- noun
- /ˈnoʊvəˌkeɪn/
- Archaic
:
Novocaína
- After receiving the Novocain, I felt the pain from my toothache fade away immediately.
- shot of Novocain
- Novocain injection
- give you Novocain
Examples
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Has that Novocain kicked in yet?
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"It's like we've all been administered a massive dose of Novocain."
Academic text (1997) -
"Novocain," she said, "I had each one out with Novocain."
Fiction book (1992) -
Nobody wants to go through that drilling because there's no Novocain for this.
Blog text (4) -
And then I went to see the dentist, and he didn't have any Novocain.
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I believe it would be a great mistake if frequent Novocain injections were again instituted.
Academic text (2014) -
I do not believe that Novocain injections should be given except on rare occasions and only at widely spaced intervals.
Academic text (2014) -
WITHOUT ENOUGH NOVOCAIN, I HAD 2 MOLARS EXTRACTED THERE.
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I just put some Novocain injections to, uh, numb the area, so... you're just gonna feel a little pressure, but... you're not gonna feel the stitches, okay?
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Before the dentist started the procedure, he made sure to inject some Novocain to numb the area.
Synonyms
7
3.8
A medicine that numbs part of the mouth, often used by dentists
1
7.9
A medicine used to make a small area numb for dental or medical work
A white medicine injected to numb a small area before treatment
Surface Forms
Etymology
Novocain was made as a brand name from novo- meaning 'new' and the ending -caine, as in cocaine. A helpful way to remember it is that the name promised a 'new' kind of drug to make a place 'numb', so Novocain became the familiar local anesthetic dentists used.