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dibucaine

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di⋅bu⋅caine

[dahy-byoo-keyn]
–noun Pharmacology.
a compound, C20H29N3O2, used as a local and spinal anesthetic.

Origin:
di- 1 + bu(tyl) + (co)caine
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Main Entry: di·bu·caine
Pronunciation: dI-'byü-"kAn, 'dI-"
Function: noun
: a local anestheticC20H29N3O2 that is used for temporary relief of pain and itching especially from burns, sunburn, insect bites, or hemorrhoids called also cinchocaine;—see NUPERCAINE
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dibucaine di·bu·caine (dī-by&oomacr;'kān')
n.
A local anesthetic used topically on the skin and mucous membranes or administered by injection into the subarachnoid space to produce spinal anesthesia.

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