dibucaine /di·bu·caine/ (di´bu-kān) a local anesthetic used topically on the skin and mucous membranes and rectally.
dibucaine
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
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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