lignocaine Pharm.
(ˈlɪgnəʊkeɪn)
[f. ligno- (as the L. equivalent of xylo-, the compound having been orig. named xylocaine because of its chemical relationship to xylene) + -caine, after cocaine.]
A white crystalline aromatic amide, (CH3)2C6H3NH·CO·CH2·N(C2H5)2, used as a local anæsthetic for the gums and mucous membranes, usually in the form of its hydrochloride and by injection, but also as tablets, sprays, or creams.
| 1954 Anaesthesia IX. 96 The development of a technique utilising the short acting relaxant suxamethonium chloride..and the analgesic lignocaine hydrochloride (Xylocaine). 1959 Brit. Dental Jrnl. CVI. 48/2 Extensive clinical experience has shown that procaine and, probably more so, lignocaine are really very satisfactory as local anæsthetic agents in dental practice. 1970 Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. II. viii. 6/1 Lignocaine..is therefore the safest drug in the treatment of acute ventricular arrhythmias even though it is toxic in high dosage. |