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Etymology

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Based on a translation of the French name of the discoverer, Fourneau, meaning stove.

Noun

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stovain (uncountable)

  1. The hydrochloride of the benzoyl ester of 1-(dimethylaminomethyl)-1-methyl propanol, used, in solution with strychnine, as a local anaesthetic.

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