1 definition found 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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