Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A white, odorless, tasteless crystalline ester, C9H11NO2, used as a local anesthetic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a chemical substance obtainable as a white crystalline ester (H2N.C6H4.CO.O.C2H5) used as a local anesthetic. Chemically, it is 4-aminobenzoic acid ethyl ester.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pharmacology A local
anesthetic commonly used as atopical pain reliever .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic
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Examples
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- Health Canada suggest avoiding creams or lotions that may hold heat inside the skin or may contain numbing medication (such as benzocaine or lidocaine).
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The substances - such as benzocaine and lidocaine - are legal and imported from countries like China.
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More powerful formulations, with a stronger concentration of anaesthetic ingredients such as benzocaine, are available only from the pharmacy counter because of possible allergic reactions.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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If available, apply an antiseptic medicine containing benzocaine to the affected area.
Baby and Child Emergency First Aid Mitchell J. Einzig 2010
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If available, apply an antiseptic medicine containing benzocaine to the affected area.
Baby and Child Emergency First Aid Mitchell J. Einzig 2010
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Athletic performance and had benziq by three benzocaine would do places.
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I can do without that awesome Kiehl's body wash, the shaving cream with benzocaine in it, sugar cereals, those linen shirts I've been craving, Coke, American Crew Fiber hair stuff, the cell phone, Chelsea Piers and tuna.
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I can do without that awesome Kiehl's body wash, the shaving cream with benzocaine in it, sugar cereals, those linen shirts I've been craving, Coke, American Crew Fiber hair stuff, the cell phone, Chelsea Piers and tuna.
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With designersigned T-shirts and Parisian jeans; forty-dollar sunglasses; the smell of benzocaine, camphor, hot burning flesh.
The Season of the Machete Patterson, James, 1947- 1977
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With designersigned T-shirts and Parisian jeans; forty-dollar sunglasses; the smell of benzocaine, camphor, hot burning flesh.
The Season Of The Machete Patterson, James, 1947- 1977
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