Novocaine
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Novocaine, C13H21O2N2Cl, is the salt of the base procaine and hydrochloric acid.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
It was Novocaine or Xylocaine…one of the ‘caine brothers.”
From Forbes • Aug. 31, 2014
Like some sort of spiritual Novocaine, “2012″ numbs your face, and after the third “plane takes off as runway crumbles” scene, you actually find yourself wishing a nerve, somewhere, might inadvertently get hit.
From Salon • May 29, 2012
Somebody once wrote that my vocal "was more numbing than Novocaine".
From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2010
There’s a permanent numbness, reminiscent of a dentist’s shot of Novocaine.
From Washington Post
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