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octacaine

octacaine noun: an anesthetic drug.

Noun

octacaine (uncountable)

  1. An anesthetic drug.

Origin of octacaine

From octa- + -caine (“local anesthetic”).

Questions about octacaine

What does octacaine mean?
Octacaine means an anesthetic drug.
What part of speech is octacaine?
Octacaine is a noun.

Words near octacaine in the dictionary

  1. octabromides
  2. octabromo
  3. octabromodiphenyl ether
  4. octabromoporphyrin
  5. octabromoporphyrins
  6. octacaine
  7. octacalcium
  8. octacarbide
  9. octacarbides
  10. octacarbonate
  11. octacarbonates

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