Novocaine
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- noun
- /ˈnoʊvəˌkeɪn/
- Specialized
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Novocaína
- The dentist applied Novocaine to numb my mouth before the extraction.
- Novocaine for a tooth
- inject the Novocaine
- Novocaine injections
And so I got a double shot of novocaine in my cheek right here.
- And so I got a double shot of novocaine in my cheek right here.
- Their names usually end in cane like benzocaine, novocaine and also cocaine.
- Occasionally we'd get some Novocaine or you know, those things were kind of tricky to track down at the time.
- And that's why I mean, I did Desert Island Discs and for my luxury item, I chose a VAT of novocaine.
Examples
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Novocaine?
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Your eye gets dehydrated because it stops blinking and you can't sense it, just as if half your face had been injected with novocaine.
Academic text (1999) -
Can I get a little Novocaine there, doc?
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I think I'm allergic to novocaine.
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I won't even use Novocaine.
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So, I sat in the chair as he numbed me with Novocaine and began the process.
Blog text (26) -
You got any Novocaine?
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Where's the novocaine?
Fiction book (1998) -
Fiona Range's teeth had been filled without novocaine, her wounds stitched without anesthesia, her heart broken too many times to count.
Fiction book (2000) -
I followed them into the hallway, my heart sinking at the realization of what I was willing to participate in, my body as numb as if I had been stunned with Novocaine.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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5.7
A drug that numbs part of the body so you do not feel pain, often used by dentists
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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
Novocaine began as a brand name made from nov- meaning 'new' and -caine, the common ending in drug names like procaine and cocaine for 'numbing' medicines. So Novocaine is a name for a 'numbing' medicine dentists use to stop pain in the mouth.