Novocaine

Meaning

1. Alternative letter-case form of Novocaine.
2. The commercial name of procaine, a common painkiller drug.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Italic *nowos Latin novus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin novellus German Kokain German -kainbor. English -caine English Novocaine From Latin novellus (“new”) + English -caine.

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