lidocaine

[ lahy-duh-keyn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Pharmacology.

a synthetic crystalline powder, C 14 H 22 N 2 O, used as a local anesthetic and also in the management of certain arrhythmias.

lidocaine

/ ˈlaɪdəˌkeɪn /

a powerful local anaesthetic administered by injection, or topically to mucous membranes. Formula: C 14 H 22 N 2 O.HCl.H 2 O Also calledlignocaine

lidocaine

/ lī′də-kān′ /

A synthetic amide, C 14 H 22 N 2 O, used chiefly in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic.

(acetani)lid(e) + -o- + -caine, extracted from cocaine (to designate an anesthetic)

C20: from ( acetani)lid(e) + -caine on the model of cocaine

One cream, participants were told, was a numbing lidocaine cream, one was a regular cream and one was a pain-increasing capsaicin cream.

I had saline mixed with Lidocaine pumped into my face to constrict my blood vessels and numb me so I could endure the zapping.

First introduced in Europe several years ago, PSD502 (aka TEMPE) is a combination of two drugs, lidocaine and prilocaine.

For political junkies, campaigns are cocaine, policy is lidocaine.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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