[ 'lɪdə(ʊ)keɪn ]
■ noun Medicine a synthetic compound used as a local anaesthetic, e.g. for dental surgery, and in treating abnormal heart rhythms.
Origin
1940s: from (acetani)lid(e) + -caine (from cocaine ).
[ 'lɪdə(ʊ)keɪn ]
■ noun Medicine a synthetic compound used as a local anaesthetic, e.g. for dental surgery, and in treating abnormal heart rhythms.
Origin
1940s: from (acetani)lid(e) + -caine (from cocaine ).
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004