stovain
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Based on a translation of the French name of the discoverer, Fourneau, meaning stove.
Noun[edit]
stovain (uncountable)
- The hydrochloride of the benzoyl ester of 1-(dimethylaminomethyl)-1-methyl propanol, used, in solution with strychnine, as a local anaesthetic.