topical anesthetic

topical anesthetic

n.

Any of various drugs that are applied directly to the surface of a part of the body and produce topical anesthesia.

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Noun

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topical anesthetic - anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body local anaesthetic, local anesthetic, topical anaesthetic, local anaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic, anesthetic agent - a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations anesthyl - a mixture of methyl and ethyl chloride; sprayed on as a local anesthetic antipruritic - a substance that relieves or prevents itching benzocaine, ethyl aminobenzoate - a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic butacaine, butacaine sulfate - a white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic ethyl chloride - a colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anesthetic Lidocaine, Xylocaine - a local anesthetic (trade names Lidocaine and Xylocaine) used topically on the skin and mucous membranes Ethocaine, procaine - a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine tetracaine - a crystalline compound used in the form of a hydrochloride as a local anesthetic