Definition of Novocaine

1. Noun. Procaine administered as a hydrochloride (trade name Novocain).

Exact synonyms: Novocain, Procaine Hydrochloride
Generic synonyms: Ethocaine, Procaine
Language type: Trade Name

Definition of Novocaine

1. Proper noun. The commercial name of procaine, a common painkiller drug. ¹

2. Noun. Procaine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Novocaine

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Novocaine

noviceship
noviceships
noviciate
noviciates
novillada
novillero
novilunar
novitiate
novitiates
novities
novitious
novity
novobiocic acid synthetase
novobiocin
novobiocins
novocaine (current term)
novocaines
novum
novums
now
now, now
now-a-days
now a days
now and again
now and then
now hear this
now now
now or never
now that
now wife

Literary usage of Novocaine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Experimental Pharmacology by Dennis Emerson Jackson (1917)
"Cocaine, novocaine. (Local Anesthetic Action.) 1. ... Repeat this for the left side of the tongue but use a two per cent novocaine solution in this case. ..."

2. The Art of Anaesthesia by Paluel Joseph Flagg (1922)
"(c) By regional intravenous injections of novocaine. (d) By the injection of novocaine or some other drug into the skin or deeper tissues. ..."

3. Therapeutic Gazette (1908)
"He has used infiltration anesthesia with novocaine-adrenalin solution of the strength indicated in the following operations : Tracheotomy, skin-grafting, ..."

4. The Treatment of gonorrhea and its complications in men and women by William Josephus Robinson (1917)
"novocaine. novocaine Hydrochloride novocaine is chemically the hydrochloride ... There are on the market tablets containing both novocaine and adrenalin or ..."

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