procaine
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7.9
- noun
- /proʊˈkeɪn/
- Specialized
:
procaína
- He reported that tinnitus stopped when procaine was administered into the inferior turbinate as a local anesthetic during intranasal surgery.
Examples
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SALLY, GET ME TWO CC'S PROCAINE...
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He intravenously administered procaine, dibucaine, and quinine combined with urethan.
Academic text (2003) -
In other words, the procaine not only did not help in the long run, it also hurt in the short run.
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But most significantly, she gave him injections of procaine into his back.
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I got some procaine and silicone, some nipping and tucking.
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In any case, procaine is actually Novocaine and is a topical anesthetic.
Blog text (25) -
I find it very interesting that the investigators included procaine (a product of evil big pharma) in the chelation mixture.
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The first had to do with the injections of procaine into his back that he received from his first primary care physician, Dr. Janet Travell, whom he had begun seeing prior to his election.
Academic text (2014) -
Even with the use of magnesium and bicarbonate buffer, lidocaine or procaine may be needed to prevent pain at the infusion site for an occasional patient.
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The dentist used procaine to numb my jaw during the procedure.
Synonyms
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3.8
A medicine that numbs part of the mouth, often used by dentists
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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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7.0
A medicine that numbs a small area to stop pain or itching
A white medicine injected to numb a small area before treatment
A white powder used to numb a small area for dental and medical work
A medicine that makes a small part of the body lose feeling before a procedure
A medicine used to make a small area numb on the inside of the mouth or other soft wet parts
A medicine used to numb a small area on the mouth or nose
A drug used to stop feeling in a small part of the body, often for procedures on the spine
A drug used to make part of the body not feel anything during surgery
Compounds
- Specialized
A white medicine injected to numb a small area before treatment
Surface Forms
Morphology
procaine = pro + caine
The word is a specialised chemical name formed with the combining element '-caine' (as in local anaesthetics) and a prefix; this formation and meaning are not predictable for an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Procaine was named to echo cocaine because it was made as a safer substitute; the pro- part suggests 'in place of' and the -caine part copies 'cocaine'. So, a helpful way to remember procaine is that it is a man-made local anesthetic used instead of cocaine to numb pain.