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piperocaine

piperocaine noun: a local anesthetic.

Noun

piperocaine (uncountable)

  1. A local anesthetic.

Origin of piperocaine

From piper(idinyl) + -o- + -caine (“local anesthetic”).

Questions about piperocaine

What does piperocaine mean?
Piperocaine means a local anesthetic.
What part of speech is piperocaine?
Piperocaine is a noun.

Words near piperocaine in the dictionary

  1. piperitone
  2. piperizine
  3. piperlongumine
  4. piperly
  5. pipermethystine
  6. piperocaine
  7. piperolide
  8. piperolides
  9. piperonal
  10. piperonyl
  11. piperonyl butoxide

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