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NOVOCAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Novocain mean? 

NOVOCAIN (noun)
  The noun NOVOCAIN has 1 sense:

1. procaine administered as a hydrochloride (trade name Novocain)play

  Familiarity information: NOVOCAIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NOVOCAIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Procaine administered as a hydrochloride (trade name Novocain)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Novocain; novocaine; procaine hydrochloride

Hypernyms ("Novocain" is a kind of...):

Ethocaine; procaine (a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine)

Domain usage:

trade name (a name given to a product or service)


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