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Definition of Topical anesthetic
1. Noun. Anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body.
Generic synonyms: Anaesthetic, Anaesthetic Agent, Anesthetic, Anesthetic Agent
Specialized synonyms: Anesthyl, Antipruritic, Benzocaine, Ethyl Aminobenzoate, Butacaine, Butacaine Sulfate, Ethyl Chloride, Lidocaine, Xylocaine, Ethocaine, Procaine, Tetracaine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Topical Anesthetic
Literary usage of Topical anesthetic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Note-book of Materia Medica, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics by Robert Edmund Scoresby-Jackson (1867)
"applied externally, it seems to exercise a topical anesthetic action, causing
numbness and insensibility, more or less, to pain, without affecting the ..."
2. Drug Labeling In Developing Countries by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"... ophthalmic administration pi Combination sulfa antibiotic and corticosteroid
for ophthalmic administration pi Combination topical anesthetic and antacid ..."
3. Drug Addiction Research & the Health of Women edited by Cora L. Wetherington (1999)
"Cocaine also was used as a topical anesthetic for children and as a treatment
for neurasthenia and was recommended as a treatment for opiate and alcohol ..."
4. Technologies for Understanding and Preventing Substance Abuse and Addiction by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"It is used medically as a topical anesthetic for surgical procedures. AMPHETAMINES
AND RELATED STIMULANTS' 1. Amphetamines Amphetamines are a group of three ..."
5. Perspectives on Crime and Justice: 1996-1997 Lecture Series by James Q. Wilson, Peter Reuter, Mark H. Moore, Cathy S. Widom, Norval Morris (1998)
"Cocaine is a Schedule II drug and is used as a topical anesthetic in a few
operations; that is not a matter of controversy. The notion that marijuana might ..."
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