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tetracaine
[ te-truh-keyn ]
noun
, Pharmacology.
- a white, water-soluble, crystalline solid, C 15 H 24 N 2 O 2 , used chiefly as an anesthetic.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tetracaine1
First recorded in 1930–35; tetra- + (pro)caine
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