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A white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic
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benzocaine
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WordNet
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n. a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic [syn: ethyl aminobenzoate ]
Wikipedia
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Benzocaine is a local anesthetic commonly used as a topical pain reliever or in cough drops. It is the active ingredient in many over-the-counter anesthetic ointments such as products for oral ulcers . It is also combined with antipyrine to form A/B otic ...
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n. (context pharmaceutical drug English) A local anesthetic commonly used as a topical pain reliever.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
benzocaine \benzocaine\ n. a chemical substance obtainable as a white crystalline ester ( H2N.C6H4.CO.O.C2H5 ) used as a local anesthetic. Chemically, it is 4-aminobenzoic acid ethyl ester. Syn: ethyl p-aminobenzoate.
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