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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]