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-caine

-caine suffix: a synthetic alkaloid used as a local anesthetic.

Suffix

-caine

  1. A synthetic alkaloid used as a local anesthetic.

Origin of -caine

From German -kain, extracted from the word Kokain (“cocaine”), because cocaine was formerly used as a local anaesthetic.

Questions about -caine

What does -caine mean?
-caine means a synthetic alkaloid used as a local anesthetic.
What part of speech is -caine?
-caine is a suffix.

Words near -caine in the dictionary

  1. -buvir
  2. -by
  3. -c-
  4. -cade
  5. -cain-
  6. -caine
  7. -calci-
  8. -campsis
  9. -capone
  10. -cardia
  11. -care

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