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cocainize

American

[koh-kay-nahyz, koh-kuh-nahyz] / koʊˈkeɪ naɪz, ˈkoʊ kəˌnaɪz /

especially British, cocainise

verb (used with object)

cocainized, cocainizing

to treat with or affect by cocaine.

cocainize British

/ ˈkəʊkəˌnaɪz, kəʊˈkeɪˌnaɪz /

verb

(tr) to anaesthetize with cocaine

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cocainization

noun

Etymology

Origin of cocainize

First recorded in 1885–90; cocaine + -ize

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cocainized

Of this five to fifteen minims are injected, the eye having been previously cocainized and adrenalinized.

From Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913 by Willis O. Nance

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