Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic;
[syn: benzocaine, ethyl aminobenzoate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
benzocaine \benzocaine\ n.
a chemical substance obtainable as a white crystalline ester
(H2N.C6H4.CO.O.C2H5) used as a local anesthetic.
Chemically, it is 4-aminobenzoic acid ethyl ester.
Syn: ethyl p-aminobenzoate.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
benzocaine
n 1: a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic [syn:
benzocaine, ethyl aminobenzoate]