lidocaine

noun

li·​do·​caine ˈlī-də-ˌkān 

: a crystalline compound C₁₄H₂₂N₂O that is used in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic and as an antiarrhythmic agent

Examples of lidocaine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Your doctor can apply a numbing cream, gel, or spray (made with lidocaine, prilocaine, or both) to your cervix or surrounding areas to basically help desensitize things. —Erica Sloan, SELF, 21 May 2025

The guidelines recommend that patients be offered pain management options, such as lidocaine spray, lidocaine-prilocaine cream and paracervical block. —Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 23 May 2025

The block is done by injecting a local anesthetic, often lidocaine, on top of and near the cervix. —Sarah Boden, NPR, 20 May 2025

Those include products like IV saline bags, cancer chemotherapy drugs and lidocaine, which is used to numb pain. —Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

acetanilid + -o- + -caine

First Known Use

circa 1949, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for lidocaine

• aeroplane
• appertain
• ascertain
• capitaine
• cassegrain
• cellophane
• chatelaine
• counterpane
• entertain
• gethsemane
• halothane
• hurricane

Medical Definition

lidocaine

noun

li·​do·​caine ˈlīd-ə-ˌkān 

: a crystalline compound C₁₄H₂₂N₂O used as a local anesthetic often in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₄H₂₂N₂O·HCl

called also lignocaine

see xylocaine