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eucaines

[yoo-keyn, yoo-keyn]

eu·caine

[yoo-keyn, yoo-keyn]
noun Pharmacology.
a white, crystalline solid, C15H21NO2, formerly a local anesthetic, used in veterinary medicine as a substitute for cocaine.
Also called benzamine.


Origin:
1895–1900; eu- + -caine (as in cocaine)
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