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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stovain \Sto"va*in\, n. Also Stovine \Sto"vine\ . [Stove (a
     translation of the name of the discoverer, Fourneau + -in,
     -ine.] (Pharm.)
     A substance, {C14H22O2NCl}, the hydrochloride of an amino
     compound containing benzol, used, in solution with
     strychnine, as a local anaesthetic, esp. by injection into


     the sheath of the spinal cord, producing anaesthesia below
     the point of introduction. Called also {amylocaine
     hydrochloride}. Chemically it is the hydrochloride of the
     benzoyl ester of 1-(dimethylaminomethyl)-1-methyl propanol.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

















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