-caine

See also: càine, caîne, and câine

English

Etymology

From German -kain, extracted from the word Kokain (“cocaine”), because cocaine was formerly used as a local anaesthetic.

Suffix

-caine

  1. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) A synthetic alkaloid used as a local anesthetic.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -caine
ambucaine
amylocaine
aptocaine
articaine
benzocaine
betoxycaine
bucricaine
bupivacaine
butacaine
butanilicaine
chloroprocaine
cinchocaine
clibucaine
clodacaine
cocaine
cyclomethycaine
dexivacaine
etidocaine
eucaine
hexylcaine
holocaine
hydroxyprocaine
hydroxytetracaine
ketocaine
leucinocaine
levobupivacaine
lidocaine
lignocaine
lotucaine
mepivacaine
meprylcaine
Novocaine
octacaine
orthocaine
oxetacaine
oxybuprocaine
parethoxycaine
paridocaine
phenacaine
pinolcaine
piperocaine
piridocaine
pramocaine
prilocaine
procaine
propanocaine
propipocaine
propoxycaine
proxymetacaine
pyrrocaine
quatacaine
quinisocaine
risocaine
tetracaine
tolycaine
trimecaine
vadocaine
xylocaine

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