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Definition of Procaine
1. Noun. A white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine.
Generic synonyms: Local, Local Anaesthetic, Local Anesthetic, Topical Anaesthetic, Topical Anesthetic
Specialized synonyms: Novocain, Novocaine, Procaine Hydrochloride
Language type: Trade Name
Definition of Procaine
1. Noun. (pharmaceutical drug) A drug used as a local anaesthetic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Procaine
1. a compound used as a local anesthetic [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Procaine
Literary usage of Procaine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cocaine: Pharmacology, Effects, and Treatment of Abuse edited by John Grabowski (1994)
"Subjects identified both 48 and 96 mg procaine as cocaine and were accurate ...
All doses of lidocaine and 16 and 32 mg procaine were identified as placebo. ..."
2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"procaine (Abbott) may be had without the bother of filling out a narcotic blank.
... If you wish your dealer stocked with procaine (Abbott) please advise us ..."
3. The Journal of the Allied Dental Societies by Allied Dental Societies (U.S.) (1918)
"This license makes it a condition that the product first introduced under the
proprietary name " Novocaine " shall be called procaine, and that it shall in ..."
4. Code of Federal Regulations by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"Each milliliter of aqueous suspension contains penicillin G benzathine and
penicillin G procaine, each equivalent to 150000 units of penicillin G. (b) ..."
5. Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Preventive Medicine by G. Koehler, Bernard Fantus, William Augustus Evans (1921)
"Its absolute toxicity is less than that of cocaine (as 20 to 15) but about twice
that of procaine. With intracutaneous injections the efficiency of ..."
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