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Definition of "benzocaine" []

  • A white, odorless, tasteless crystalline ester, C6H4NH2CO2C2H5, used as a local anesthetic. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "benzocaine" in a sentence
  • "- Health Canada suggest avoiding creams or lotions that may hold heat inside the skin or may contain numbing medication (such as benzocaine or lidocaine)."
  • "The substances - such as benzocaine and lidocaine - are legal and imported from countries like China."
  • "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."