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benzocaine Definition


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benzocaine
noun
    1. medicine.
      A white crystalline powder used as a local anaesthetic, especially to relieve painful skin conditions, and also administered by mouth to treat gastric ulcers.
Etymology: 1920s: from benzic acid + cocaine.



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