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What is lignocaine?

What is lignocaine? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (medicine) Lidocaine.
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Fortunately, in this case mistaking water for lignocaine had no serious consequences other than requiring re-injection with local anaesthetic.
In 1905, cocaine was replaced by the synthetic drug novocaine This in turn was replaced by lignocaine, which is in use today.
Local anaesthetics, for example benzocaine and lignocaine are used in both lozenges and throat sprays.
Twice last year the British Medical Journal gave column space to doctors reporting confusion between ampoules of water, saline, and lignocaine for injection.
Although lignocaine has been shown to suppress mechanically induced as well as ammonia and capsacin-induced cough, it has not been shown to suppress maximum voluntary cough.
Immigration officials found the prescription-only local anaesthetic, lignocaine, in a medical aid kit in his car.

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