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nupercaine

nupercaine noun: cinchocaine.

Noun

nupercaine (uncountable)

  1. Cinchocaine.
    • The method of anesthetizing the mother is as follows: When the pains are every five minutes and quite strong or the cervix is five cm. dilated along with regular and strong pains, the mother is given a block anesthesia of 1 cc. of 1:200 nupercaine, 1 cc. of 10 per cent dextrose with .05 cc. of...1951 February, Forrest H. Howard, “The Physiologic Position for Delivery”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 2, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 99

Origin of nupercaine

From a brand name.

Questions about nupercaine

What does nupercaine mean?
Nupercaine means cinchocaine.
What part of speech is nupercaine?
Nupercaine is a noun.

Words near nupercaine in the dictionary

  1. Nuosu
  2. nuova cucina
  3. nup
  4. Nupe
  5. Nupedia
  6. nupercaine
  7. nupharamine
  8. nupharamines
  9. nupharin
  10. nuplex
  11. nuplexes

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