bupivacaine
- noun
- /ˌbjuːpɪˈveɪkeɪn/
- Specialized
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bupivacaína
- Before surgical closure, liposome bupivacaine (266 mg) was administered via infiltration into the surgical site.
- lidocaine and bupivacaine
- bupivacaine with epinephrine
- bupivacaine infiltration
Examples
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Continuous femoral nerve infusion was given with 0.2% bupivacaine.
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We continued the procedure with Bupivacaine since it has a longer duration of action.
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There were no complications of catheter placement or bupivacaine administration.
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The test doses of bupivacaine were only started on another limb after the lignocaine test was complete.
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Incremental doses of 0.25% Bupivacaine were administered epidurally.
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We conclude that the effects of perioperative bupivacaine on postoperative pain control in tonsillectomy patients are similar to those of placebo.
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The operations were done under general intubational anesthesia with thoracic epidural bupivacaine analgesia.
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A low thoracic epidural procedure with bupivacaine infusion for intra- and post-operative pain relief was planned.
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During the surgery, the surgeon used bupivacaine to numb the patient's left leg for the operation.
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The anesthesiologist recommended bupivacaine as it provides effective pain relief during and after the procedure.
Synonyms
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6.7
A medicine that numbs a small area of skin or mouth
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3.9
Medicine that makes a small body area lose feeling to stop pain during a medical procedure
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4.1
A drug that temporarily makes part of the body feel no pain during medical treatment
A strong medicine that numbs a small part of the body, often the lower back, given by injection
How Numbing
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6.7
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Surface Forms
Morphology
bupivacaine = bupi + caine
The word is a pharmaceutical/botanical-style formation using combining forms (e.g., -caine for local anesthetics) that are not productive or recognizable to average learners, so its meaning cannot be derived from its parts.
Etymology
The word bupivacaine ends with -caine, the common ending in many numbing drugs like lidocaine and procaine, which comes from 'cocaine' and now tells you it is a 'local anesthetic'. A helpful way to remember the first part bupi- is to think of 'butyl', a small chemical part that changes how the drug works, so the whole name points to a longer lasting numbing medicine.