1. a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine; [syn: procaine, Ethocaine]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ethocaine
n 1: a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine)
administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry
and medicine [syn: procaine, Ethocaine]