orthocaine

Etymology

From ortho- + -caine.

orthocaine means methyl m-amino-p-hydroxybenzoate, a fine white crystalline powder used as an anesthetic on open wounds. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

Methyl m-amino-p-hydroxybenzoate, a fine white crystalline powder used as an anesthetic on open wounds.“Einhorn immediately sent one of his phenolic compounds, orthocaine, to Farbwerke Hochst in 1896.”