procaine

Questions about procaine

What does procaine mean?

procaine means "a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine".

How many syllables are in procaine?

procaine has 2 syllables: pro-caine. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˈpɹoʊˌkeɪn/.

What is another word for procaine?

Close synonyms include Ethocaine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is procaine a common word?

procaine is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with procaine?

6 words rhyme with procaine. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.