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dibucaine (medicine) and viss (iou)


dibucaine (medicine)


dibucaine
<chemical> A local anaesthetic of the amide type now generally used for surface anaesthesia. It is one of the most potent and toxic of the long-acting local anaesthetics and its parenteral use is restricted to spinal anaesthesia.

Pharmacological action: anaesthetics, local.

Chemical name: 4-Quinolinecarboxamide, 2-butoxy-N-(2-(diethylamino)ethyl)-


viss (iou)



viss noun. Now chiefly Hist. E17.
[Tamil visai.]
In southern India and Burma (Myanmar), a unit of weight equal to about 1 1 / 2 kilograms (about 3 1 / 2 lb).