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procaine

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procaine (prōkān`), anesthetic drug, commonly called novocaine, that gives prolonged relief from pain (see anesthesia anesthesia [Gr.,=insensibility], loss of sensation, especially that of pain, induced by drugs, especially as a means of facilitating safe surgical procedures.
..... Click the link for more information. ). It is used as a local anesthetic and in rectal and other surgery surgery, branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of injuries and the excision and repair of pathological conditions by means of operative procedures (see also anesthesia; medicine; radiology).
..... Click the link for more information. . It is marketed under the trade name Novocain.
procaine [′prō‚kān]
(organic chemistry)
procaine base


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