mepivacaine (English, noun)
expansion: mepivacaine (uncountable)
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topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A local anesthetic derived from piperidine and similar in structure and action to lidocaine, usually given by injection as the hydrochloride; (1-methyl-2-piperidyl)formo-2′,6′-xylidide, C₁₅H₂₂N₂O.
tags: uncountable
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