BENZOCAINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does benzocaine mean? 

• BENZOCAINE (noun)
  The noun BENZOCAINE has 1 sense:

1. a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BENZOCAINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

benzocaine; ethyl aminobenzoate

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

local; local anaesthetic; local anesthetic; topical anaesthetic; topical anesthetic (anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body)

 Context examples 

Benzocaine binds to the sodium channel and reversibly stabilizes the neuronal membrane which decreases its permeability to sodium ions.

(Benzocaine, NCI Thesaurus)