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tetracaine

[ te-truh-keyn ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a white, water-soluble, crystalline solid, C 15 H 24 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as an anesthetic.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tetracaine1

First recorded in 1930–35; tetra- + (pro)caine

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