lidocaine
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lidocaine
[li´do-kān]an anesthetic with sedative, analgesic, and cardiac depressant properties, applied topically in the form of the base or hydrochloride salt as a local anesthetic; also used in the latter form to treat cardiac arrhythmias and to produce infiltration anesthesia and various nerve blocks.
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lidocaine
(lī′də-kān′)n.
A synthetic amide, C14H22N2O, used chiefly in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic agent.
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lidocaine
Ambulatory surgery An anesthetic used for topical and dental anesthesia, cardiac arrhythmiasMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
lidocaine
LIGNOCAINE or Xylocaine. The drug is on the WHO official list.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005