Cocainise (Verb)
Meaning
Anesthetize with cocaine.
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- The dentist tried to cocainise the gum before extracting the infected tooth to minimize the pain.
- Cocainise the area thoroughly before performing the procedure to ensure patient comfort.
- The 19th-century doctor opted to cocainise the patient's eye before performing the delicate operation.
- Carl Koller's discovery led to the widespread use of cocaine to cocainise patients for medical purposes.
- He accidentally stumbled upon the anesthetic quality of cocaine, using it to cocainise a friend's painful tooth.