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orthocaine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
or-tho-caine
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From ortho- + -caine.

Usage

Inflected Forms

orthocaines (plural)

Questions

What does orthocaine mean?
Methyl m-amino-p-hydroxybenzoate, a fine white crystalline powder used as an anesthetic on open wounds.
Where does orthocaine come from?
From ortho- + -caine.

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