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butamben

butamben noun: a local anesthetic, the ester of 4-aminobenzoic acid and butanol.

Noun

butamben (uncountable)

  1. A local anesthetic, the ester of 4-aminobenzoic acid and butanol.

Origin of butamben

Shortened from butanol and aminobenzoic.

Words formed from butamben

Questions about butamben

What does butamben mean?
Butamben means a local anesthetic, the ester of 4-aminobenzoic acid and butanol.
What part of speech is butamben?
Butamben is a noun.

Words near butamben in the dictionary

  1. Butala
  2. butalamine
  3. Butalas
  4. butalbital
  5. butalene
  6. butamben
  7. butamirate
  8. butamisole
  9. butamoxane
  10. butanal
  11. butanamide

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