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pilocaine

pilocaine is the misspelling of prilocaine.

Meaning of prilocaine

Noun

prilocaine (uncountable)

  1. A local anesthetic related to lidocaine and used in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₃H₂₀N₂O·HCl as a nerve block for pain especially in surgery and dentistry.

Questions about pilocaine

What is pilocaine the misspelling of?
Pilocaine is the misspelling of prilocaine.

Words near pilocaine in the dictionary

  1. pilnie-winks
  2. Pilning
  3. Pilning and Severn Beach
  4. pilo-
  5. pilobolaceous
  6. pilocaine
  7. pilocarpidine
  8. pilocarpin
  9. pilocarpine
  10. pilocarpines
  11. piloceratid

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