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to cocainize

to cocainize

9.9
To numb a part of the body using the drug cocaine
  • verb
  • /koʊˈkeɪnaɪz/
  • Archaic
translation icon : cocainizar
  • The doctor decided to cocainize the patient's arm for the procedure.

Examples

  • The surgeon decided to cocainize the nasal cavity before the minor procedure.

  • Medical texts once described how to cocainize tissue for local anesthesia.

  • In early 20th-century medicine, doctors would sometimes cocainize wounds to manage pain.

  • She cocainized the area before starting the surgery.

  • In early 20th-century medicine, doctors would sometimes cocainize wounds to manage pain.

  • The surgeon decided to cocainize the nasal cavity before the minor procedure.

  • Medical texts once described how to cocainize tissue for local anesthesia.

Synonyms

to drug
vsto cocainize
  • NSFW
21 7.2

To give someone a substance to make them sleep or act differently

is used to numb a small area with a specific topical medicine not general dosing
to anesthetize
vsto cocainize
  • Specialized
12 7.1

To give medicine so a person or animal cannot feel pain, often before surgery

is done using a specific topical drug to numb only a body part
to narcotize
vsto cocainize
  • NSFW
1 9.5

To give someone a drug that makes them very sleepy or unconscious

is focused on numbing one area using a specific topical substance not causing sleepiness
to anesthetise
vsto cocainize
  • Specialized
6.1

Give medicine so a person or animal does not feel pain during a medical procedure

is mainly performed with a particular topical substance to numb small body areas

How Numb

to cocainize
  • Archaic
9.9
to anesthetize
  • Specialized
12 7.1
to numb
62 4.2
tingle
26 3.3

Surface Forms

cocainize infinitive
cocainized past
cocainized past participle
cocainizing present participle
cocainizes third person singular

Morphology

cocainize = cocaine (semi-transparent) = cocaine + ize

Formed by the noun 'cocaine' + the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' meaning 'to treat with or subject to'; the specialized sense 'to anesthetize with cocaine' is medical and may not be fully obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Cocainize comes from cocaine, the drug made from the coca plant, and the ending -ize, which means 'to make', as in fertilize. So to cocainize is to 'make with cocaine', that is, to 'numb' a part of the body to stop pain during a medical procedure.