Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To anesthetize (a body part) with cocaine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To subject to the influence or effects of cocaine; impregnate with or reader insensible by cocaine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To treat or anæsthetize with cocaine.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb anesthetize with cocaine
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Examples
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It may be necessary to cocainize the eye before the operator can remove the foreign object with absorbent cotton or with forceps.
Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig
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The latter accident is also prone to follow attempts to cocainize the larynx.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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