English Explanatory Dictionary

-caine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. A synthetic alkaloid used as a local anesthetic.

Word forms

-caine

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.

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