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Novocaine.

The commercial name of procaine, a common painkiller drug.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

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  1. The commercial name of procaine, a common painkiller drug.

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Italic *nowos Latin novus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin novellus German Kokain German -kainbor. English -caine English Novocaine From Latin novellus (“new”) + English -caine.

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