A local anesthetic drug chemically related to cocaine but without cocaine's addictive properties, used in medical procedures.
From Greek 'eu-' (good) + 'cocaine'; synthesized as a safer alternative to cocaine with similar numbing effects but fewer dangers.
Eucaine was an early attempt to create a 'good cocaine'—and it worked so well that modern local anesthetics like lidocaine all follow the same chemical blueprint!
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