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metacaine

metacaine noun: tricaine mesylate when used for anesthesia of fish.

Noun

metacaine (uncountable)

  1. tricaine mesylate when used for anesthesia of fish

Questions about metacaine

What does metacaine mean?
Metacaine means tricaine mesylate when used for anesthesia of fish.
What part of speech is metacaine?
Metacaine is a noun.

Words near metacaine in the dictionary

  1. metabotypes
  2. metabotypic
  3. metabotyping
  4. metabranchial
  5. metabutoxycaine
  6. metacaine
  7. metacalciouranoite
  8. metacapnodiaceous
  9. metacarbonate
  10. metacarp-
  11. metacarpal

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