Definition of "lignocaine" [lignocaine]

• Lidocaine (noun)

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• "Gardaí believe the anaesthetic, known as lignocaine, was being mixed with pure cocaine at the property to bulk it up, before the mix was being divided into bags for sale to other drug dealers."
• "Officers also seized a substance called lignocaine which can be used to bulk up cocaine to increase profits, a small quantity of amphetamines and digital scales which had traces of cocaine."
• "Injecting local anaesthetic lignocaine for minor surgery and seeing no effect, for instance, even when the producer was a State pharma company, was sufficient reason to insist on a product from a reliable manufacturer."