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novocaine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables
novo-caine
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The commercial name of procaine, a common painkiller drug.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Novocaine.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Italic *nowos Latin novus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin novellus German Kokain German -kainbor. English -caine English Novocaine From Latin novellus (“new”) + English -caine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Novocain (alternative) novocain (alternative, dated) novocaines (plural)

Derived Forms

bupivacaine mepivacaine ropivacaine

Synonyms

procaine procaine hydrochloride novocain

Questions

What does novocaine mean?
The commercial name of procaine, a common painkiller drug.
Where does novocaine come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Italic *nowos Latin novus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin novellus German Kokain German -kainbor. English -caine English Novocaine From Latin novellus (“new”) + English -caine.

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