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lignocaine

American  
[lig-nuh-keyn] / ˈlɪg nəˌkeɪn /

noun

Pharmacology.

  1. lidocaine.

lignocaine British  
/ ˈlɪɡnəˌkeɪn /

noun

  1. another name for lidocaine

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Etymology

Origin of lignocaine

1950–55; ligno- + ( xylo ) caine an earlier name ( ligno- being the Latin version of xylo- ); for -caine, see lidocaine

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Or maybe I’m just a sucker for a novel that opens with a British dental surgeon named JP Wintergreen injecting himself with lignocaine and attempting to pull his own teeth.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2019

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