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cocainize

cocainize verb: to anesthetize or treat (someone, or something such as a body part) with cocaine.

Verb

cocainize (third-person singular simple present cocainizes, present participle cocainizing, simple past and past participle cocainized)

  1. (transitive) To anesthetize or treat (someone, or something such as a body part) with cocaine.
    • The animal was anesthetized with ether or the skin over the femoral artery cocainized, the artery exposed and cannulized, and the animal bled to death.1908 July 1, Daniel R. Lucas, “Physiological and Pharmacological Studies of the Ureter. III.”, in H[enry] P[ickering] Bowditch [et al.], editors, The American Journal of Physiology, volume XXII...
    Synonyms:
    cocaine

Synonyms of cocainize

Forms of cocainize

third-person singular presentcocainizes
present participlecocainizing
past participlecocainized
pastcocainized

Origin of cocainize

From cocaine + -ize.

Questions about cocainize

What does cocainize mean?
Cocainize means to anesthetize or treat (someone, or something such as a body part) with cocaine.
What part of speech is cocainize?
Cocainize is a verb.
What is the past tense of cocainize?
The past tense of cocainize is cocainized.

Words near cocainize in the dictionary

  1. cocainism
  2. cocainist
  3. cocainists
  4. cocainization
  5. cocainizations
  6. cocainize
  7. cocainized
  8. cocainizes
  9. cocainizing
  10. cocainomania
  11. cocainomaniac

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