eucaine meaning

• or eucain /ū-kāˈin, -kāˈīn or -kānˈ/ (medicine)
    noun
    A safer substitute for cocaine as a local anaesthetic
    ORIGIN: Gr eu well, and cocaine
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  [Medicine]
  n : a piperidine derivative C₁₅H₂₁NO₂ used esp. formerly as a local anesthetic in the form of its white crystalline hydrochloride