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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

-caine en · X

Etymology

Etymology tree German Kokain German -kainbor. English -caine From German -kain, extracted from the word Kokain (“cocaine”), because cocaine was formerly used as a local anaesthetic.

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) A synthetic alkaloid used as a local anesthetic.

Translations (4)

de -cain (a synthetic alkaloid used as a local anesthetic) · hu -kain (a synthetic alkaloid used as a local anesthetic) · fr -caïne (a synthetic alkaloid used as a local anesthetic) · es -caína (a synthetic alkaloid used as a local anesthetic)