PROCAINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does procaine mean? 

• PROCAINE (noun)
  The noun PROCAINE has 1 sense:

1. a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine

  Familiarity information: PROCAINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROCAINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Ethocaine; procaine

Hypernyms ("procaine" is a kind of...):

local; local anaesthetic; local anesthetic; topical anaesthetic; topical anesthetic (anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "procaine"):

Novocain; novocaine; procaine hydrochloride (procaine administered as a hydrochloride (trade name Novocain))

 Context examples 

An ester of paraaminobenzoic acid, lacking the terminal diethylamino group of procaine, with anesthetic activity.

(Benzocaine, NCI Thesaurus)

The procaine salt form of penicillin G, a broad-spectrum, beta-lactam, naturally occurring penicillin antibiotic with antibacterial activity.

(Penicillin G Procaine, NCI Thesaurus)