tropacocaine

noun

tro·pa·co·caine | \ ˌtrō-pə-kō-ˈkān

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Medical Definition of tropacocaine

: a crystalline alkaloid C₁₅H₁₉NO₂ that is obtained from coca leaves grown especially in Java or is made synthetically, that is the ester of pseudotropine and benzoic acid, and that acts like cocaine but is about one-half as toxic

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