dibucaine /di·bu·caine/ (di´bu-kān) a local anesthetic used topically on the skin and mucous membranes and rectally.
dibucaine
dibucaine [di´bu-kān]
di·bu·caine (d -by  k n )n. A local anesthetic used topically on the skin and mucous membranes or administered by injection into the subarachnoid space to produce spinal anesthesia. |
dibucaine
[dī′bəkān]
a topical anesthetic ointment often used to treat pain and itch of hemorrhoids.
dibucaine [di´bu-kān]
a potent local anesthetic applied rectally or topically to the anorectal region for treatment of hemorrhoids and other anorectal disorders, and topically to the skin in the treatment of minor skin disorders.
dibucaine
a long-acting local anesthetic used topically and intraspinally in the form of the base and as the hydrochloride salt; the latter is also used intramuscularly for infiltration anesthesia. Called also cinchocaine. Has a special characteristic of needing only a small dose (about one-fortieth the dose of procaine).
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