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novocaine::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | novocain, procaine hydrochloride |
| Type of | ethocaine, procaine |
Examples of novocaine
novocaine
Imagine going to the dentist and having a cavity filled with no novocaine.
From the dailynews.com
The National Society of Dentists contends that whisky is the only known antidote for novocaine.
From the sfgate.com
He was a wiry little man-child with a voice that sounded like his novocaine hadn't worn off yet.
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If they ask why I'm not calling myself, say I had to go to the dentist and she shot me full of novocaine.
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I'll take the cat, the gun and the novocaine.
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After about five to 10 minutes, parts of my face started to go numb, sort of like the novocaine feeling you get at the dentist's office.
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By this time, Staubach had received a shot of novocaine and was back in action although unable to throw a football with any degree of accuracy.
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Cocaine is illegal in most parts of the world, but derivatives such as lidocaine and novocaine are used in medicine and dentistry for local anesthesia.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Procaine hydrochloride: procaine administered as a hydrochloride (trade name Novocain)
- Procaine is a local anesthetic drug of the amino ester group. It is used primarily to reduce the pain of intramuscular injection of penicillin, and it was also used in dentistry. Owing to the ubiquity of the trade name Novocain, procaine is usually referred to generically as novocaine. ...
- Novocaine is a 2001 film written and directed by David Atkins and starring Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura Dern, Lynne Thigpen and Elias Koteas.
- (The novocaines) The Novocaines are a rock band based in Perth, Western Australia. They are well known for their energetic live shows.
- The commercial name of procaine, a common painkiller drug
- A generic name for the many kinds of anesthetics used in the dental injection, such as Xylocaine, Lidocaine, or Novocaine. See local anesthetic.
- Good excuse for drooling.
