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Nupercaine

American  
[noo-per-keyn, nyoo-] / ˈnu pərˌkeɪn, ˈnyu- /
Pharmacology, Trademark.

  1. a brand of dibucaine.

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Doctors describe it, in a jawbreaking phrase, as "heavy nupercaine to produce saddle-block anesthesia."

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Nupercaine is a cocaine substitute.

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