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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A white crystalline compound, C18H22N2O2, used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic in ophthalmology.
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- noun A
local anesthetic , the onlyanesthetic other thancocaine that is approved forophthalmic use.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[phen(o)– + a(ceto–) + –caine.]
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