stovain means the hydrochloride of the benzoyl ester of 1-(dimethylaminomethyl)-1-methyl propanol, used, in solution with strychnine, as a local anaesthetic. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
Based on a translation of the French name of the discoverer, Fourneau, meaning stove.
noun
- The hydrochloride of the benzoyl ester of 1-(dimethylaminomethyl)-1-methyl propanol, used, in solution with strychnine, as a local anaesthetic.