pantocain Pharm.
(ˈpæntəʊkeɪn)
Also -caine.
[a. G. pantocain, f. Gr. παντο- panto- + -cain, after G. cocain cocaine.]
The hydrochloride salt, C15H24N2O2·HCl, of a diamino-ester which is used as a local anæsthetic; also called amethocaine or tetracaine hydrochloride.
| 1931 Manuf. Chem. II. 105/1 The new local anæsthetic of the I.G. Farbenindustrie, Pantocain,..has been systematically evolved from the novocaine series and is the hydrochloride of p-butylaminobenzyldimethylaminoethanol. 1937 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 20 Nov. 1036/2 Local infiltration with 0·5 per cent. pantocaine caused excessive oedema of the lids and face..and intense itching. 1942 Parsons & Stallard Dis. Eye (ed. 10) xxi. 431 Particles of lime must be perseveringly picked out with forceps, after previous application of pantocain. 1970 Brain Res. XIX. 102 The neck afferents were eliminated by..the blockage of afferent fibers by Pantocain injection into the intervertebral foramen. |