Noun: Ethocaine
- A white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anaesthetic in dentistry and medicine
"The dentist used Ethocaine to numb the area before the tooth extraction";
- procaine
Type of: local, local anaesthetic [Brit, Cdn], local anesthetic [N. Amer], topical anaesthetic, topical anesthetic
Encyclopedia: Ethocaine