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From chlo(ro)- + d(iethyl)a(mino) + -caine (“local anesthetic”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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From chlo(ro)- + d(iethyl)a(mino) + -caine (“local anesthetic”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.