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parethoxycaine

parethoxycaine noun: an anesthetic drug.

Noun

parethoxycaine (uncountable)

  1. An anesthetic drug.

Origin of parethoxycaine

From par(a)- (“opposite (1,4) position”) + ethoxy + -caine (“local anesthetic”).

Questions about parethoxycaine

What does parethoxycaine mean?
Parethoxycaine means an anesthetic drug.
What part of speech is parethoxycaine?
Parethoxycaine is a noun.

Words near parethoxycaine in the dictionary

  1. paresthesis
  2. paresthetic
  3. pareth
  4. parethmoid
  5. parethmoids
  6. parethoxycaine
  7. Paretian
  8. paretic
  9. paretically
  10. paretics
  11. Pareto

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