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[USP] the monohydrated monohydrochloride salt of lidocaine; used to produce local anesthesia by infiltration injection and by topical application to the skin or mucosa, and to produce caudal, epidural, or retrobulbar anesthesia and peripheral or sympathetic nerve block; also administered intravenously for use as a cardiac antiarrhythmic.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Lidocaine — Systematic (IUPAC) name 2 (diethylamino) … Wikipedia
lidocaine — [lī′dō kān΄, lī′dəkān΄] n. [( diethylaminoacetoxy)lid(ide) + (C)OCAINE] a synthetic crystalline compound, C14H22N2O, used esp. in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic and to control irregularity in the heartbeat … English World dictionary
lidocaine — /luy deuh kayn /, n. Pharm. a synthetic crystalline powder, C14H22N2O, used as a local anesthetic and also in the management of certain arrhythmias. Also called lignocaine. [(ACETANI)LID(E) + O + caine, extracted from COCAINE (to designate an… … Universalium
lidocaine — li·do·caine līd ə .kān n a crystalline compound C14H22N2O used as a local anesthetic often in the form of its hydrochloride C14H22N2O·HCl called also lignocaine see XYLOCAINE * * * (lignocaine) n. a … Medical dictionary
lidocaine — noun Etymology: acetanilid + o + caine Date: circa 1949 a crystalline compound C14H22N2O that is used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic and as an antiarrhythmic agent … New Collegiate Dictionary
lidocaine — li•do•caine [[t]ˈlaɪ dəˌkeɪn[/t]] n. pha a synthetic crystalline powder, C14H22N2O, used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic and to treat certain arrhythmias • Etymology: (acetani) lid (e) + o + caine, extracted from cocaine… … From formal English to slang
prilocaine hydrochloride — A local anesthetic of the amide type, related chemically and pharmacologically to lidocaine hydrochloride; used for peridural, caudal, and nerve blocks, and for regional and infiltration anesthesia. SYN … Medical dictionary
mexiletine hydrochloride — An orally active antiarrhythmic agent used to suppress symptomatic ventricular arrhythmias; resembles lidocaine in its actions but is orally effective. * * * mex·il·e·tine hy·dro·chlo·ride (mekґsĭ lə tēn) an oral antiarrhythmic… … Medical dictionary
tocainide hydrochloride — An oral antiarrhythmic agent, similar in action to lidocaine, used in the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias. * * * to·cai·nide hy·dro·chlo·ride (to kaґnīd) [USP] an oral antiarrhythmic agent, similar to lidocaine in structure and action,… … Medical dictionary
procaine hydrochloride — ▪ drug also called Novocain, or Novocaine, synthetic organic compound used in medicine as a local anesthetic. Introduced in 1905 under the trade name Novocaine, it became the first and best known substitute for cocaine in local anesthesia … Universalium
