orthocaine

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noun

Methyl m-amino-p-hydroxybenzoate, a fine white crystalline powder used as an anesthetic on open wounds.

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Meanings

nounorthocaine (countable and uncountable, plural orthocaines)

plural orthocaines

  1. countableuncountableMethyl m-amino-p-hydroxybenzoate, a fine white crystalline powder used as an anesthetic on open wounds.

    Einhorn immediately sent one of his phenolic compounds, orthocaine, to Farbwerke Hochst in 1896.

    2005, Walter Sneader, Drug Discovery: A History, →ISBN, page 128

Origin

From ortho- + -caine.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 俄妥卡因
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Cite this entry
APA

orthocaine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orthocaine

MLA

“orthocaine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orthocaine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orthocaine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orthocaine.

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