EUCAINE


Meaning of EUCAINE in English

/yooh kayn", yooh"kayn/ , n. Pharm.

a white, crystalline solid, C 15 H 21 NO 2 , formerly a local anesthetic, used in veterinary medicine as a substitute for cocaine. Also called benzamine .

[ 1895-1900; EU- + -caine (as in COCAINE) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .