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li•do•caine
Pronunciation: (lī'du-kān"), [key]—
n. Pharm.
a synthetic crystalline powder, C
14H
22N
2O, used as a local anesthetic and also in the management of certain arrhythmias. Also called
lignocaine. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.