Look up: Lidocaine

1. lidocaine
   [n] - a local anesthetic (trade names Lidocaine and Xylocaine) used topically on the skin and mucous membranes
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2. lidocaine
   (= lignocaine) Commonly used local anaesthetic.
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3. lidocaine
   <cardiology, drug> A local anaesthetic and cardiac depressant used as an antiarrhythmia agent. Its actions are more intense and its effects more prolonged than those of procaine but its duration of action is shorter than that of bupivacaine or prilocaine. ... Pharmacological action: anaestheti...
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4. Lidocaine
   Xylocaine noun a local anesthetic (trade names Lidocaine and Xylocaine) used topically on the skin and mucous membranes
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5. lidocaine
   (li´do-kān) an anesthetic with sedative, analgesic, and cardiac depressant properties, applied topically in the form of the base or hydrochloride salt as a local anesthetic; also used in the latter form to treat cardiac arrhythmias and to produce infiltration anesthesia and various nerve blocks.
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6. lidocaine
   synthetic organic compound used in medicine, usually in the form of its hydrochloride salt, as a local anesthetic. Lidocaine produces prompter, more ... [2 related articles]
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7. lidocaine
   A substance used to relieve pain by blocking signals at the nerve endings in skin. It can also be given intravenously to stop heart arrhythmias. It is a type of local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic.
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8. Lidocaine
   `Lidocaine` (n-->), `Xylocaine`, or `lignocaine` (former British Approved Name|BAN) () is a common local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic drug. Lidocaine is used topically to relieve itching, burning and pain from skin inflammations, injected as a dental anesthetic or as a local anesthetic for minor su...
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